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Two southern West Virginia Senators discuss the economic impact the decline in the state’s coal industry is having not just on the overall state budget, but the county level budgets as well which have led to cuts in programs and services as well as school layoffs.
Sen. Bill Laird of Fayette County and Sen. Ron Stollings of Boone County join us.
A Senate committee approves a bill to allow Constitutional carry in West Virginia, but not without making some of their own changes first, and members of the chamber also approve a measure to ban a second-trimester abortion method commonly used across the country, but rarely done in West Virginia.
The House Education Committee held a public hearing on a bill that would allow West Virginia University Institute of Technology to transfer its headquarters from Montgomery to Beckley, taking the entire institution with it.
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Overwhelming issues at school districts across the state in the last few years have prompted the West Virginia Department of Education to investigate and intervene in the administration of local education. We learn about an analysis conducted by the Cardinal Institute for West Virginia Policy of 10 school districts and the need for a broader look at the issues facing the state's schools.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThousands of people at roughly 20 different events in West Virginia last weekend joined "No Kings" protests against President Trump and the actions of his administration. Also, we learn about the cosmos above the Mountain State in our latest episode of our occasional series, Almost Heavens.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, a new book for young adults "Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire" mixes historical fact with spooky Appalachian folklore. Also, over 15 years, a photojournalist documented an Ohio family. Now, she’s a part of their lives. And, an experimental guitarist records an album intended as a call to arms.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, a photographer spends more than a decade documenting grandfamilies and new business opportunities come to the state.
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