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An Eastern Panhandle Artist, The Music Hall Of Fame, And Lawmakers Go Home, This West Virginia Week

West Virginia Week is a web-only podcast that explores the week's biggest news in the Mountain State.

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Governor Signs Elementary School Discipline Bill

Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed Senate Bill 199 into law Tuesday morning at Ripley Elementary School. ...

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Stakeholders Weigh In On Foster Care Issues

On this episode of The Legislature Today, Assistant News Director Maria Young turned to the issue of legislation related to foster care and adoption as multiple bills wind their way through the two chambers. She spoke with Jaycie Bias, executive director with the West Virginia Foster, Adoptive & Kinship Parents Network, and Rachel Kinder with Mission West Virginia, a non-profit that advocates and focuses on those same areas. 

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Student Welfare Bills Passed By Senate

The Senate had a lively day to start the week, passing 10 bills on issues ranging from optometry to carbon sequestration. Two of those bills deal with the wellbeing of students in the state’s public schools.

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