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The 60-day legislative session heads to an end at midnight, and lawmakers are putting the final touches on their scheduled work for the year. While most of Republican leadership's priorities have been settled, hundreds of bills still have a chance of making it across the finishline before the Senate and House of Delegates gavel out sine die. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LD_yGDwt9ik 12:05 a.m. House And Senate Adjourn Sine Die The House and Senate have both adjourned sine die. Each chamber has adopted resolutions notifying Gov. Jim Justice the respective chambers have wrapped up their work ...

Ranked-choice voting sees first test — AG’s suit against NRA moves forward — Garcia calls for vaccine czar Presented by Opportunities for NY A new system of ranked-choice voting will transform New York City’s elections, including this year's race for mayor. Now it’s about to get its first test: early voting Instead of picking one candidate, voters will choose up to five, ranking them in order of preference. If a candidate gets a majority of first-choice votes, they win and that’s the end of it. But if no one does, a computerized system eliminates the last-place candidate and par...

JOSELYN KING Staff Writer WEIRTON — Delegate Patrick McGeehan says he will introduce legislation this session to limit the emergency powers of West Virginia’s governor. Other Northern Panhandle legislators in the House and Senate — both Democrat and Republican — say the passage of such a bill is needed. Restrictions placed by Gov. Jim Justice this year in response to COVID-19 concerns in the state have McGeehan, R-Hancock, concerned. Among these, he said, were business lockdowns, and institution of mandates requiring open businesses to force customers to wear masks. These have been i...