Wheeling News-Register - School discipline, capital punishment for fentanyl pushers, funding for EMS and non-uniformed corrections staff, and data privacy are just some of the bills legislative leaders in West Virginia plan to push in the upcoming session next week. Read the full article. Legislative leaders in the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates…
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Public News Service, Mountain Messenger - The federal government has warned nine states about an alarming number of children losing Medicaid health coverage, and West Virginia officials say they're also closely watching the numbers. Read the full article. According to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, children make up around 40% of the state's Medicaid beneficiaries. The…
Wheeling News-Register, Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia Sen. Laura Wakim Chapman sees an increased need to care for the state’s foster children in 2024. Read the full article. When the Legislature next convenes Jan. 10, one of the bills the Ohio County Republican hopes to propose would provide reimbursement funding to a family member…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - As access to the Hope Scholarship expands, some are concerned the program is siphoning funds away from the public school system. Read the full article. The Hope Scholarship Board approved a proposal Tuesday to accept applications from eligible students year-round, said state Treasurer Riley Moore, who serves as the board’s chairman. “I’m thrilled the board has…
Stateline, West Virginia Watch - Taya Sullivan, 20, is a freshman at West Virginia University, double majoring in neuroscience and Spanish. She also has a campus job in a linguistics lab, building on her majors and earning money she needs to continue her studies. Read the full article. Next semester, both her Spanish major and…
West Virginia News, West Virginia Public Broadcasting - A new report calculates the cost of the state’s education voucher program on public schools. Read the full article. The analysis from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, published Wednesday, estimates the Hope Scholarship costs West Virginia public schools up to $21.6 million. The Hope…
West Virginia Watch, Times West Virginian - West Virginia’s public schools are likely to lose more than $21.6 million with students who have left the system to use the Hope Scholarship for private schools, homeschooling and more. Read the full article. The data was included in a new report released Wednesday by the West Virginia Center on…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice and his administration say a $114 million budget gap for the state’s portion of Medicaid is under control. Read the full article. “Sure we’ve got a shortfall in Medicaid right now. Stuff happens. I could have said something a whole lot worse than that, but stuff happens all…
West Virginia Watch, Cumberland Times-News - Millions of dollars will be released to county commissions across the state by the end of this year as part of their share of opioid settlement funds, and now local leaders are grappling with a tough decision: whether or not to use the influx of cash to get ahead…
Mountain State Spotlight - West Virginians are still held in jails where conditions can be brutal, nasty and deadly. Read the full article. In just the past four years, 85 people have died in custody, more than a quarter of them at the Southern Regional Jail alone. Overcrowding has led to lawsuits that allege people…