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A bill expanding on West Virginia’s public charter school law is now back, in part, to an earlier version that was passed by the House of Delegates last week.

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CHARLESTON — After two years of work stoppages by teachers and school service personnel, a majority of the West Virginia Senate made it clear Monday that stri

CHARLESTON — After two years of work stoppages by teachers and school service personnel, a majority of the West Virginia Senate made it clear Monday that stri

Senate Education Chair Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, speaking on the floor on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Three years to the day since teachers and school service personnel in West Virginia went on strike calling for better pay and benefits, the state Senate has passed a bill making it clear that walking off the job is illegal for public employees. Senate Bill 11 would codify a 1990 decision from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that stated work stoppages and strikes by public employees ar...

/ A syringe access program participant is handed a bag of safe injection supplies. This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit mountainstatespotlight.org or sign up for their newsletter. Sasha Crist stood in the waiting room of the Milan Puskar Health Right clinic in downtown Morgantown during a quick drop-in visit on a February afternoon. She was there to pick up safe injection supplies. No more than five minutes after...

West Virginia Legislative Photography When Gov. Jim Justice said in a debate last year he would sign a nondiscrimination act for gay and transgender West Virginians if it reaches his desk, some Republican leaders called the moment a “turning point” for the state’s political landscape and LGBTQ community. This law, most recently branded the “Fairness Act,” would bar discrimination against people, regardless of their sexual orientation and gender identity, in employment, housing and pub...

BOARDMAN — Alice E. Felleti Tarr, 74, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, Dec. 26, 2020. Alice was born July 16, 1946, in Youngstown, the daughter of Dominic and Myrtle Hickey Felleti. Alice worked for various area shoe companies and retired from Woodlands Assisted Living. She was a 1964 graduate of East High School and enjoyed going to the casino. Besides her husband, James J. Tarr, whom she married on Oct. 31, 1987, Alice will be remembered lovingly by her stepson, Eric Tarr...

For the Intelligencer CHARLESTON — As the 2021 session of the West Virginia Legislature looms around the corner with a greater Republican majority taking seats next year, new committee leadership assignments are taking shape. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, announced a leadership team Monday afternoon with some familiar faces and a new speaker pro tempore. “We’ve had a great team that’s worked collaboratively during the past few years to advance bold ideas to improve our state,” ...

The Capitol prior to renovation of the rotunda. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams) CHARLESTON — As the 2021 session of the West Virginia Legislature looms around the corner with a greater Republican majority taking seats next year, new committee leadership assignments are taking shape. House Speaker Roger Hanshaw, R-Clay, announced a leadership team Monday afternoon with some familiar faces and a new speaker pro tempore. “We’ve had a great team that’s worked collaboratively during the past f...