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A huge education reform bill was revealed in the Senate Education Committee. We bring you up-to-date on the bill’s latest action, and we also take a closer look at broadband expansion legislation moving through the statehouse.
Senior Statehouse Reporter Dave Mistich joins host Suzanne Higgins to recap the Senate Education Committee meeting that took up the education reform bill. The bill, which does not have a bill number yet, would make changes to several areas of the state’s education system and has a big emphasis on implementing charter schools in West Virginia.
Higgins is also joined by Dale Lee, President of the West Virginia Education Association and Fred Albert, President of the American Federation of Teachers – West Virginia Chapter who both respond to the omnibus education reform bill.
The Broadband Expansion Act of 2019 will be up for passage in the House Friday, while the Senate continues to work on its own bill to further broadband expansion. Reporter Danite Belay spoke to the sponsors of those bills.
On Friday’s episode of The Legislature Today, we bring you our weekly conversation with statehouse reporters on all the Capitol news of the week.
On this West Virginia Morning, decorative pumpkins and Jack O’Lanterns can find a second life on your table and in the garden. We explore ways to reuse fall decorations. Also, we have the latest edition of our occasional series, Almost Heavens.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsMore than 500 residents of Mercer County are about to find out if they have been chosen for a rare opportunity. They have applied for a Guaranteed Minimum Income program through the nonprofit Give Directly, which uses funds from wealthy benefactors to give cash benefits to those in need.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWe have a conversation with Marshall University's Turning Point USA chapter president. We also learn about a recently released horror film shot near Huntington, and the population decline in central Appalachia that may be getting worse.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, the region is known for exporting coal, but it’s losing people, too. Also, folk singer Ginny Hawker grew up singing the hymns of the Primitive Baptist Church, but she didn’t think of performing until she got a little boost from Appalachian icon Hazel Dickens. And, the chef of an award-winning Asheville restaurant was shaped by memories of growing up in West Virginia.
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