This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.
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A Kanwaha County Circuit Judge has ruled that West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should not be given state dollars to fund his re-election campaign.
The lawsuit was brought against Benjamin by Beth Walker, one of four challengers in the race. Benjamin was attempting to participate in the state’s public campaign financing program, a program that is only available to candidates running for Supreme Court seats, but this is the first time a candidate’s participation has been challenged.
Charleston attorney Anthony Majestro from the firm Powell & Majestro discusses the implication of the case.
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A bill to remove the permitting requirements to carry a concealed weapon in the state is one step closer to becoming law after a vote in the House of Delegates to override Governor Tomblin’s veto. Senators are expected to join with a vote Saturday.
Delegates also begin deliberating a bill to increase some taxes and fees to fund roads.
One Winfield family is anxiously awaiting the House’s approval of a Senate bill impacting their home schooled son. Senators approved Senate Bill 105 last month, a bill that would allow home schooled students to play sports at public schools.
This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.
On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about efforts to clean up an important waterway, and examine the impact of prospective food benefit cuts on Appalachians in need.
On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from residents who traveled to the U.S. Capitol in opposition to Medicaid cuts, plus get the details on a nonprofit's effort to erase medical debt for those in need.
