Tag Archive for: WV Legislature

Data Centers: Talk of the Panhandle

The topic of data centers is contentious for communities actually or potentially impacted by them. It's so contentious that our Republican dominated legislature has taken away the rights of these communities to regulate them and even to have them at all. John Doyle makes the case that these community rights legislated away for now have to be reconsidered and restored in future legislative sessions.

West Virginia Legislature Denies Water Quantity Amendment to Data Center Rule

Lucia Valentine reports on how the legislature failed to provide a rule for prospective data centers to determine the potential impact on water availability of their facilities. Will there be any negative impact on the water availability for farmers and residential users?

Is Vaccination Policy Fair?

The Republican dominated legislature in West Virginia is trying to undo one of the successful health policy measures in the state. Vaccinations mandated for public school enrollment have largely kept WV from the wave of measles outbreaks in all our surrounding states. Republicans, including all six representing Jefferson County, have voted to weaken this mandate.