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The bill would allow retired bus drivers to come back to work after their 140-day limit on employment. It’s a plan to make up for a statewide shortage of bus drivers after COVID-19 caused many to retire earlier than expected. In December, the state was operating with 300 fewer bus drivers than its normal average of 4,000.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Bill 59 makes several changes to the system of unemployment benefits in the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia is getting more than $620,000 to help kids who are incarcerated and prevent others from entering the criminal justice system, two U.S. senators announced.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this episode of The Legislature Today, the pace is beginning to pick up at the West Virginia Legislature as bills are passing through their originating chambers. WVPB reporters Yohe and Chris Schulz are joined by Crystal Good, the founder and publisher of Black By God | The West Virginian, for a reporter roundtable.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState education leaders are pushing for early childhood intervention in schools to ensure literacy. Those efforts are now starting to move through the legislature.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill to the Senate floor Thursday that would allow the concealed carry of handguns on the state’s university campuses.
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