Brooke County’s Wellsburg Bridge Finalist For National Transportation Award
One year ago, thousands of West Virginians and Ohioans gathered at the Ohio River to celebrate the op...
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House Approves Bill To Arm W.Va. School Teachers
On this episode of The Legislature Today, there was contentious third reading debate in the House of Delegates over the much talked about bill to arm teachers as concealed carry protection officers.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTempers Flare In House Debate Over Arming Teachers
House Bill 4299 permits staff in K-12 schools to be authorized to carry concealed firearms, along with tasers and stun guns, and become a designated school protection officer, or SPO.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers Discuss Bill Allowing Teachers In W.Va. To Carry Firearms In Classrooms
On this episode of The Legislature Today, small and rural schools in West Virginia find it difficult to staff school resource officers and other security personnel, but a bill now making its way through the House of Delegates would allow teachers and other school staff to carry a firearm or other weapon on school grounds. Chris Schulz spoke with Del. Elliot Pritt, R-Fayette, and Del. Anitra Hamilton, D-Monongalia, for their perspective.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsTeachers Could Carry Guns In W.Va. Classrooms Under Bill
A bill under discussion in the West Virginia House of Delegates would allow teachers to carry guns on school property if they complete a state-mandated training.
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'Let Them Talk,' WVU Researcher Says Adults Must Help Kids To Process School Shootings
Keith Zullig is a researcher and professor at the West Virginia University School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Education reporter Liz McCormick sat down with Zullig to talk about the impacts that school shootings have on our children – and what we can do to help them feel safe.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOfficials Working to Make West Virginia Schools Safer
School officials in north-central West Virginia are working to make school buildings safer before classes begin this fall.Officials said the moves are…
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