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W.Va. attempts big leap for education reform

By Steven Allen Adams The Parkersburg News & Sentinel CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate is taking a huge leap in its comprehensive education reform bill, an effort that has teachers and their unions concerned but has some parents eager for any options that help their children succeed. The 137-page[Read More…]

Editorial: Hatfield-McCoy Trail in W.Va. is not closing

From the Bluefield Daily Telegraph: After a few weeks of uncertainty, we now know that the Hatfield-McCoy Trail in Mercer County will not be closing. The trail will continue to operate as normal. The trail authority has successfully negotiated an agreement with a coal company that will be mining in[Read More…]

Medical marijuana smoldering issue in W.Va

By Joselyn King The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — Delegate Shawn Fluharty is skeptical medical marijuana will be available to West Virginia residents by the planned July 1 rollout date, and so is the State Office of Medical Cannabis. A smoldering problem is that federally chartered banks in West[Read More…]

The ABCs of the WV education overhaul bill

By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette-Mail  West Virginia students, parents and teachers are faced with a single bill moving through the Legislature that would provide a yet-unspecified amount of new public school funding, but also do much more. Among other things, it would weaken longer-serving school workers’ job protections and[Read More…]

West Virginia Democrats introduce marijuana decriminalization bill

By ERIN BECK The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — On the House of Delegates floor Thursday morning, Del. Mick Bates, D-Raleigh, announced that he and several other lawmakers had introduced a marijuana decriminalization bill. Bates, who said his position had evolved on the issue, said marijuana decriminalization could help solve West[Read More…]

West Virginia Senate unveils education reform package

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — Republicans in the West Virginia Senate introduced an education package that gives teachers many of the things they’ve been seeking but ties those things to items Republicans and education reform advocates have longed wanted. The Senate Education Committee[Read More…]

Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Friday, Jan. 25

Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Friday, Jan. 25, 2019 17th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities:  WV Dental Association Oral Health Day, Upper House Rotunda; American Lung Association; RAZE, Upper Senate Rotunda.   SENATE:  Senate to convene at 11 a.m.  On The Agenda THIRD READING   Com. Sub. for[Read More…]

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