HB 5105 would allow private and parochial schools to develop their own vaccine policies BY: LORI KERSEY As a bill that would loosen West Virginia’s school vaccine requirements heads to…
BY: LORI KERSEY A bill that completed legislation Saturday night loosens West Virginia’s laws for school-mandated vaccines. The Senate signed off on House Bill 5105 with a 20 to 12…
Of more than 2,500 bills introduced, just under 11% were sent to the governor’s deskBY: CAITY COYNE, AMELIA FERRELL KNISELY AND LORI KERSEY While the last few days of the…
The House is advancing a Senate’s bill meant to bolster elementary teachers’ authority to remove aggressive, violent or threatening children from their classrooms BY: AMELIA FERRELL KNISELY After two separate…
Del. Dana Ferrell, R-Kanawha: ‘Sometimes the government has to move in for the safety and well-being of children. And this, I think, is one of those cases.’ BY: CAITY COYNE Following…
One advocate says the abrupt closure of The Hive Learning Academy raises the question, ‘What is our movement doing to provide our own guardrails?’ BY: LINDA JACOBSON – This report was first…
The budget shortfall was unexpected news in House Finance on Thursday after the Senate unanimously passed its proposed budget earlier this week with no mention of the pending problem BY:…
The Senate proposal shows a 1% increase from last year’s budget, but is 6% lower than Gov. Jim Justice requestedBY: CAITY COYNE In one of its final acts before the…
BY: LORI KERSEY – West Virginia senators on Wednesday signed off on a bill meant to improve access to needed dental services for Medicaid recipients. The Senate passed House Bill 4933. As…
‘The idea that we can’t make decisions for ourselves is ridiculous,’ said a mother from Morgantown BY: AMELIA FERRELL KNISELY – FEBRUARY 21, 2024 Local school boards won’t be able…
