Making his point

State Sen. Owens Brown explains his opposition to a bill allowing the state treasurer to pull deposits from banks that boycott fossil fuel industries.

CHARLESTON — Days after expressing their support for nuclear energy, members of the West Virginia Senate expressed support Thursday for a bill standing up against banks that boycott doing business with the coal and natural gas industries.

The Senate passed Senate Bill 262 Thursday morning 31-2, with one member absent and not voting. Sens. Eric Nelson, R-Kanawha, and Owens Brown, D-Ohio, voted no. The bill now heads to the House of Delegates.

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