West Virginia Watch - The state school board last week approved closing or consolidating six schools in Kanawha County because of dwindling student numbers. Read the full article. The county has lost 5,000 students over the last 11 years, resulting in losing $30 million in state funding. According to an October headcount from the West…
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West Virginia Watch, Times West Virginian - More than 200,000 West Virginians get their health insurance through the Affordable Care Act, a 2010 law that President-elect Donald Trump tried to overturn during his first four years as president. Read the full article. Now with a second Trump presidency on the horizon, residents and health care…
Mountain State Spotlight - Dear West Virginia elected officials, the voters of our state selected you to represent them in the Legislature, in Congress and in the governor’s office. Read the full article. The campaign is over. Now it’s time to govern. Over the last year, hundreds of West Virginians have told Mountain State Spotlight the…
Beckley Register-Herald - Pick up a dart, throw it from your West Virginia front porch and we guarantee you will hit a societal problem that has been long ignored by a Republican-controlled state Legislature that could not care less. Our elected state officials have proven to be most interested in providing income tax cuts to…
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch - One man posed next to a bulldog. Read the full article. The other man posed like one. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Gov. Jim Justice delivered two very different victory speeches Tuesday night after they won their races to become West Virginia’s next governor and U.S. senator, respectively.
Mountain State Spotlight - Patrick Morrisey will be the next governor of West Virginia, after walloping Democrat Steve Williams. Read the full article. The Associated Press called the race for Patrick Morrisey as soon as polls closed at 7:30 p.m. Just before 10:00 p.m., Morrisey led 62% to 32% with around three-quarters of votes counted. In his…
West Virginia MetroNews, Charleston Gazette-Mail - We will know Tuesday night who will be the next governor of West Virginia. The winner will celebrate the victory, and probably take a few days off from a long campaign. However, the governor-elect will have to get to work quickly on an emerging issue with the state’s finances.…
WOWK - Just days before the election, the issue of school closures is becoming a political issue. Read the full article. Even though the State Supreme Court upheld the Hope scholarships, this is still a very divisive issue. In the past year, six schools in Kanawha County were designated for closure and consolidation and it’s…
Mountain State Spotlight, Times West Virginian - For 40 years in Marion County, Gia Deasy taught special education classes, then worked as the county special education director. She advocated for decades for federal laws to protect people with disabilities, once segregated in institutions. Read the full article. Now, laws protect children who need accommodations at…
West Virginia Watch - Craig Snyder, a biology teacher at Winfield High School, wants the state’s next governor to give teachers a pay raise. Read the full article. West Virginia’s teacher pay is the worst in the country. With proposed price increases to the Public Employees Insurance Agency — a monthly spousal surcharge for state employees would more than…