On this week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, you'll hear performances from Bettye LaVette, Kim Richey, Keller Williams, The Langan Band, and Megan Jean’s Secret Family. This episode was recorded live at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens, Ohio with our friends at Ohio University and WOUB.
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On The Legislature Today, education takes the spotlight in both the House and Senate as lawmakers debate bills making major changes in the state’s Pre-K through 12 system.
Senators are set to debate a Common Core repeal on the floor this week, which a Democratic member says is redundant and unnecessary. In the House, members focus on ways to give county school systems more flexibility in light of coming funding cuts.
Del. Ron Walters discusses his bill that would get rid of the county boards of education leaving the state with ten regional boards.
On March 23, West Virginia will mark 9 months since devastating flooding in the south central portion of the state took the lives of 23 West Virginians, damaging hundreds if not thousands of homes and businesses. Many communities are still recovering from that flooding, but lawmakers in the House are attempting to take steps to make sure future floods aren’t as destructive.
Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber discusses how his community is recovering after being declared a federal disaster area.
On this West Virginia Morning, with homelessness on the rise, WVPB checks in with providers about support services in Charleston. And the latest episode of Us & Them looks at how inconsistent abortion laws pit states against each other.
On this week's encore broadcast of Mountain Stage, you'll hear performances from Bettye LaVette, Kim Richey, Keller Williams, The Langan Band, and Megan Jean’s Secret Family. This episode was recorded live at the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium in Athens, Ohio with our friends at Ohio University and WOUB.
On this West Virginia Morning, know what what to look out for and how to stay safe as extremely cold temperatures and snow linger in the region. And as coyotes grow in population in West Virginia, wildlife professionals say it is important to take precaution.
New legislative agendas at the state level aim to chip away at reproductive rights, even in states that recently passed constitutional protections for abortion. On this episode of Us & Them, Host Trey Kay examines how conservative state supreme courts might limit voter-approved amendments — and how abortion-friendly states are pushing back. Meanwhile, President Trump’s new administration could override all state laws through certain executive actions, including one involving a 19th century anti-vice law. Now that the election’s over, what’s next for abortion?