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At The Legislature Today, although the budget has been the top priority for lawmakers this session, it’s implications trickle down into all areas of state government, including education.
Del. Paul Espinosa and Sen. Kenny Mann, chairs of the House and Senate Education Committees, say even though there may be less money for schools, they are working through bills to give counties more flexibility in how they spend that funding. Members of the Senate react to Gov. Jim Justice’s announcement Tuesday that the state’s bond rating had been downgraded by the third national agency in a year. Republican leaders maintan they’ll stick with their plans to cut the size of government and change regulations to create a better business climate while Democratic leaders are looking for new revenue to balance the state’s budget.
The chamber also approves a bill to make workers on strike ineligible for unemployment compensation, a bill state union leaders are already pushing back on.
Both the governor and members of the House seem to be on the same page when it comes to state vehicles: they want fewer cars and a better system to track them. That’s what a House bill discussed in committee today would do.
On this West Virginia Morning, what West Virginia’s senior senator, Shelley Moore Capito, has to say about funding for public broadcasting after she and other Republicans vote for cuts. Plus, a photographer and filmmaker who grew up in West Virginia has turned the camera on the Appalachian region of his childhood.
On this West Virginia Morning, Chris Schulz examines a decision from the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this week to allow limits on the sale of abortion medications – even those medications that the FDA has deemed to be safe and effective. Plus, harm reduction programs are controversial – and opponents often point to figures that suggest they aren’t particularly effective.
A new ruling from the Fourth Circuit may make it harder for West Virginians to terminate a pregnancy, and the head of a Huntington foodbank details the impact of pending SNAP cuts on the hungry in Appalachia.
The West Virginia Board of Education finds itself at odds with Secretary of State Kris Warner. Now the two sides appear headed for court. And, filmmakers document efforts to save records of Appalachian history.