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By Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail
Legislating shouldn’t be this hard.
In the textbook version, one identifies a problem, comes up with a series of possible solutions to the problem, and determines which solution has the best chance of gaining consensus among members.
Legislating shouldn’t require stealth, sleight-of-hand, intimidation, deception, arm-twisting and manipulation.
Still, you’ve got to hand it to House Speaker Roger Hanshaw...
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate President Mitch Carmichael says lawmakers will be back early next week to take up and pass an omnibus education bill.
“I look forward to calling us back in on Monday, perhaps would be the earliest,” Carmichael said today on MetroNews’ “Talkline.” “We’ll just have to see the condition of the bill.”
The omnibus education bill passed the House of Delegates earlier this week.
The bill includes...
By Ryan Quinn, Charleston Gazette-Mail
You may have seen this pro-school vouchers television ad recently, in advance of Monday’s 8:30 a.m. reconvening of West Virginia’s special legislative session on education.
A picture of Condoleezza Rice, secretary of state under President George W. Bush, appears, alongside audio of her saying “when I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you’re going to get a good education, something has gone very, very wrong.”
An image...
Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette-Mail
In a news conference called Monday to denounce former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s $500 million pledge to an initiative to fight climate change, Gov. Jim Justice went off on multiple tangents, including his feud with West Virginia Senate Republicans, his thoughts on education reform and legal issues involving his private businesses.
In his first public comments since Senate Finance Chairman Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, ran campaign ads in...
By Jake Zuckerman, Charleston Gazette-Mail
MINERAL WELLS — It started as a town hall for Gov. Jim Justice to build GOP unity behind his re-election bid.
He criticized those who malign him for “not being Republican enough.” He called on them not to cast stones.
He then proceeded to bash the Senate president for his charge to bring charter schools and education savings accounts into West Virginia, which he compared to “causing a ruckus” and throwing a Hail...