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Charter School Board Acquires Promotional Partner
The Professional Charter School Board will partner with Ampersand Education to produce marketing materials and campaigns to attract charter school applicants. Executive Director James Paul said he hopes the partnership will kick start the number of charter school applicants and schools that the state has.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLegislative Interims, Digital Parenting Demands And Composting, This West Virginia Week
On this West Virginia Week, legislators started off the week back in Charleston for the first time since the end of the regular session for interim meetings. Meanwhile, we heard about the state’s rising natural gas production, the new challenges of digital devices for parents, and ahead of Earth Day, we took a look at a major composting operation.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsPerformance Reviews Of State Agencies, Regulatory Boards Getting New Direction
Several legislators spent their Sunday afternoon trying to understand what responsibility and power they have to direct performance reviews of state agencies by the Legislative Auditor’s office.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Rejects Then Passes Controversial Legislative Auditors Bill
The bill barely slipped through the GOP supermajority House, with dozens of Republicans joining the Democrats to vote against the bill. It would have been the first bill to be rejected by the Senate this session after it was voted down 16-15. But after it was initially rejected the Senate took a recess.
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Bills On Control Of Legislative Auditor, Minorities Purchasing Car Dealerships, Head To Governor
On third reading in the House of Delegates Thursday, there was a long debate over minorities purchasing car dealerships and a separate debate on control of the Legislative Auditor’s office. Other bills and resolutions included smoking in the car with a child, and taking action over a massive federal deficit.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsChanging The Legislative Auditor's Office And The Fall Of AppHarvest, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, the demise of eastern Kentucky’s AppHarvest and bills changing the Legislative Auditor's Office.
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