The Legislature Today
Monday-Friday at 6 p.m. during the state legislative session. On WVPB TV, Radio & Digital.
The Legislature Today is West Virginia’s only television/radio simulcast devoted to covering the state’s 60-day regular legislative session. In addition to the weeknight television broadcast throughout the session, WVPB reporters will deliver news from the session daily on the network’s radio news program West Virginia Morning, and on our website wvpublic.org. WVPB will also provide gavel to gavel live broadcasts of Senate and House floor sessions daily online and on The West Virginia Channel.
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The Legislature Today airs weeknights.
- Watch Monday through Friday at 6 PM on WVPB Television, and on the West Virginia Channel at 7 p.m.
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Episodes
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Energy & Environment Reporter Curtis Tate talks with Del. Bill Anderson, R-Wood, Chairman of the House Energy Committee, and Del. Kayla Young, D-Kanawha, Minority Vice Chair of the House Energy Committee.
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On this episode of The Legislature Today, the Senate passed a bill that would allow the concealed carry of handguns on the state’s university campuses. Reporter Chris Schulz has more.
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On this episode of The Legislature Today, reporter Chris Schulz talks with Del. Charlie Reynolds, R-Marshall, and Fred Albert, the president of the American Federation of Teachers — West Virginia, to get their perspectives on the latest concerns surrounding PEIA — the health care benefit for state employees and teachers.
Stories
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Gov. Jim Justice’s 50 percent income tax cut proposal, a highlight of his State of the State address, comes with a big funding hedge against recession and some state comparisons touting success.
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House Democrats presented a minority response to the governor’s State of the State address Thursday morning on the steps of the House of Delegates.
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Gov. Jim Justice offered his legislative wish list as part of his seventh State of the State address Wednesday night.
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State lawmakers convened in Charleston Wednesday for the start of the legislative session.
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Senate Bill 468 passed. It will prevent women from ending a pregnancy if they believe the fetus would develop a disability.
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House Bill 4344 was intended to better support and protect more than 7,000 of West Virginia’s most vulnerable children. Late on the final day of the legislative season, a greatly amended version of the bill passed by the Senate went to the House. But, time ran out before Delegates could concur or reject the bill. The bill died
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It looked like the most controversial bill of the 2022 West Virginia Legislative session had just squeaked by in time, just before midnight and adjournment sine die on Saturday. But within the next hour it was confirmed by the Senate Communications Director that Senate Bill 498 had not passed the upper chamber in time.
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State lawmakers wrapped up energy related legislation in the final hours of the session, including a bill to create a Mining Mutual Insurance Company.
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Our award-winning news and production teams will bring you the latest action from the West Virginia Legislature as lawmakers wrap up the 60th day of the 2022 session.
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An audit last year found the state’s special reclamation fund is insufficient to cover the cost of cleaning up the state’s mine sites. State lawmakers are proposing a Mining Mutual Insurance Company that would issue bonds to cover those liabilities.