LISTEN: Harlem Gospel Travelers Have The Mountain Stage Song Of The Week
Host Kathy Mattea welcomes Shemekia Copeland, Tab Benoit, Charlie Musselwhite, Harlem Gospel Travelers, and Abby Posner
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School Funding Reforms, Water Crisis Responses And Undocumented Immigration Control, At The Legislature This Week
On The Legislature This Week, two senators tell us how the state needs to change its school funding, which has remained largely unchanged for decades. We also hear lawmakers discuss reforms to the state’s response to water crises.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Senators Discuss School Funding Needs
On this episode of The Legislature Today, in this school year alone, the state Board of Education has been asked to approve 19 school closures or consolidations. News Director Eric Douglas speaks with Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, a member of the Senate Education Committee, and Sen. Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, to discuss what needs to be done to fix the issue.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsCut NIOSH Workers Hold Morgantown Rally In Solidarity With DC Protest
Almost all of the 250 employees working at the Morgantown office had their jobs cut in April, before about 100 were reinstated last week to comply with a court order. Without further intervention, the remaining NIOSH workers will be formally terminated on June 2.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTwo Bills Take On Aspects Of School Safety in Senate, House Education Committees
Education committees on both sides of the Capitol have focused on bills that failed to pass the previous year to start this year’s session.
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State Senators Talk Latest In 2024 Session And Nellie McKay Has Our Song Of The Week, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, our state Senate reporter Briana Heaney sat down with Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, and Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, on The Legislature Today to discuss where things stand in the legislative process and how that compares to what they planned to do at the beginning of the session.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Senators Weigh In On The Bills That Passed, Failed This Session
On this episode of The Legislature Today, our Senate reporter Briana Heaney talks with Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, and Sen. Mike Oliverio, R-Monongalia, to discuss where things stand and how that compares to what they planned to do at the beginning of the session.
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