Legislative Breakfast notes winners and losers of contentious General Assembly session

Legislative Breakfast notes winners and losers of contentious General Assembly session

NORTH EAST — The members of the Cecil County Delegation to the Maryland General Assembly agreed that the 2025 legislative session that just ended was the most contentious each had experienced.

Ferro: 2025 legislative session: most significant or most chaotic?

With the 2025 legislative season over, a number of political writers have treated us to a rundown of just what was — or was not — accomplished.

Pulling the plug on clean energy

Gov. Glenn Youngkin opened this year's General Assembly by complaining about rising energy costs, and he closed the 2025 legislative session — his last as governor — by making things worse.

Legislative session 2025 wrap-up: How lawmakers did — and didn’t — address West Virginia’s challenges

For the last 60 days, state lawmakers have had the chance to tackle the biggest challenges facing West Virginians: clean, reliable drinking water; affordable electricity; cheaper housing; better jobs; well-funded public education; transportation and finding reasonably-priced health care and treatment for addiction. At the stroke of midnight, time was up. The Republican-controlled Legislature ended its 2025 legislative session having eroded drink…

A brief recap of the 2025 Legislative Session

The 2025 Session ended this weekend. ACLU-WV tracked hundreds of bills this session, advocating directly with lawmakers, issuing calls to action to our supporters, submitting written testimony, attending lobby days and town halls, and raising media awareness on critical civil liberties issues. Thankfully, several harmful bills failed to pass, including: A so-called “camping” ban criminalizing sleeping outside when a person has nowhere else to g…

How the Legislature did — and didn’t — address West Virginia’s challenges during the 2025 session - West Virginia Daily News

This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. Get stories like this delivered to your email inbox once a week; sign up for the free newsletter at https://mountainstatespotlight.org/newsletter For the last 60 days, state lawmakers have had the chance to tackle the biggest challenges facing West Virginians: clean, reliable drinking water; affordable electricity; cheaper housing; better jobs; well-funded public education; transpo…