On this West Virginia Morning, an experimental apple orchard in the state is helping to fight pollution, improve food scarcity and some hope even heal veterans. Briana Heaney has the story.
On this episode of The Legislature Today, Emily Rice sits down with Del. Amy Summers, R-Taylor, and Sen. Charles Trump, R-Morgan, to discuss why the Department of Health and Human Resources was broken up into three separate agencies and how it is going.
Also, West Virginia has been widely touted as an energy state. But it isn’t just coal and natural gas anymore. The largest solar facility in the state came online this month in Monongalia County. Curtis Tate brings us this look.
It was Fair Shake Network Day at the Capitol. This statewide grassroots organization is dedicated to getting a “fair shake” for people with disabilities and clings to the belief that diversity makes communities stronger.
And, the House Judiciary Committee debated House Bill 4595 relating to LOCHRA – the legislative oversight commission on health and human resources accountability.
Finally, the Senate School Choice Committee received an update on the state’s charter schools.
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A Boone County teen was found deceased in her home earlier this month. Police say she was emaciated to a near skeletal state. It's now come to light via a Freedom of Information Act Request filed by West Virginia Watch that the child was being homeschooled.
The state Department of Environmental Protection has filed a motion in federal court to intervene in a proposed settlement to limit mining pollutants in streams.
At the heart of the issue is the Guyandotte River and the alleged failure of the DEP to administer water testing and limits for ionic toxicity in 11 state streams that affect 100,000 people. As a result, conservation groups filed a lawsuit.
A West Virginia resident alerted the office of Secretary of State Mac Warner Thursday that a candidate's campaign messages misrepresented the dates of this year's primary election.