West Virginia has the highest prevalence of heart attacks, lung cancer, and drug overdose deaths of any state. However, red tape in the form of “certificate of need” (CON) laws and regulations obstruct the provision of health care services to treat these ailments.
School choice advocates are praising West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice for enacting the “most expansive education savings account policy” in the country after he signed a bill into law giving parents money to help pay for private or homeschool education if they opt to take their children out of public school.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Christian Education Association has filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the state’s appeal of an injunction that kept the Hope Scholarship Act from going into effect.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has filed an opening brief asking the state Supreme Court of Appeals to dissolve the permanent injunction against the Hope Scholarship Act and remand the case back to Kanawha Circuit Court for dismissal.
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is filling the two state Board of Education vacancies with a now-former conservative/libertarian think tank board member and the state School Building Authority
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On March 29, 2021, the Hope Scholarship was passed into law in West Virginia. At the time of its passage, Hope was the nation’s most expansive education savings account — available to 93% of West Virginia families looking for alternative education options. Aptly named, the Hope Scholarship represented a shift in the Mountain State toward greater education freedom and hope for families that had previously felt trapped by a state that was prioritizing systems over students.