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Government WVPB Staff, Feb. 25, 2025

Education Committee Chairs Talk School Discipline, Teacher Staffing

On this episode of The Legislature Today, News Director Eric Douglas talks with the chairs of House and Senate Education, Sen. Amy Grady, R-Mason, and Del. Joe Ellington, R-Mercer. They discuss a wide range of topics including school discipline and ways the state can improve the ongoing teacher shortage.

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Government WVPB Staff, Feb. 18, 2025

Senate President Smith Weighs In On Legislative Goals

On this episode of The Legislature Today, News Director Eric Douglas speaks with West Virginia Senate President Randy Smith, R-Preston. Smith was elected to be the Senate President for the 87th legislature that started this year.

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Education Chris Schulz, Feb. 18, 2025

Education Committee’s First Bills Focus On Staffing Shortages

Much attention has been paid to the state’s teacher shortage, but schools have struggled to staff other positions in recent years as well. Some of the first bills discussed in the Senate Education committee this year are trying to address those ongoing issue.

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Arts & Culture Bill Lynch +, Jun. 03, 2024

Stickers And The Trouble With Indian Creek, Inside Appalachia

This week on Inside Appalachia, we meet a West Virginia artist who designs stickers, t-shirts, patches and pins. She draws on classic Appalachian phrases her family has used for years. Also, people who live near Indian Creek in southern West Virginia say something is wrong with the water. Tests show contamination from a nearby mine.

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Education Chris Schulz, Feb. 22, 2024

Special Education Staffing, School Athletics Discussed In Education Committees

The House Education Committee moved to address a critical shortage of special education staff, while the Senate Education Committee took a rarely seen action in their meeting.

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Arts & Culture Eric Douglas, Dec. 16, 2023

Teacher Shortages, DHHR Issues, King Coal Highway And Hornyheads, This West Virginia Week

his week on West Virginia Week we learn about a program to alleviate teacher shortages, splitting up the Department of Health and Human Resources along with opening up a long overdue section of the King Coal Highway.

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