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January 4, 2025

Lawmaker Behind WV Funding for Out-of-state School has Pushed Right-wing Policies

Charleston Gazette-Mail – West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, played a key role in securing up to $5 million in state funding for an out-of-state Catholic school and its right-wing advocacy plans from a fund typically tapped for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

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McGeehan has a lengthy history of proposing use of state resources for anti-abortion measures and funding nonprofits that adhere to what one bill he cosponsored called “traditional cultural values.”

Evidence from policy research and the state’s own Department of Revenue suggests policies pushed by McGeehan would be costly.

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