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Drug testing public assistance recipients under discussion at WV legislative interims
By Lexi Browning, Daily Mail Staff
The half decade-long debate on drug testing public assistance recipients has resurfaced. The West Virginia Joint Committee on Health and Human Resources Accountability discussed the issue during a meeting Monday at the state Capitol.
Rochelle Finzel, director of the National Conference of State Legislators, said most states were nudging...
W.Va. superintendent defends Common Core to Legislature
By Phil Kabler, Staff writer
State Superintendent of Schools Michael Martirano defended West Virginia’s Common Core-based educational standards, telling legislators Sunday that the standards are critical to assure all students in the state are prepared for college or the workforce when they graduate.
“The goal of the new West Virginia educational standards is college and workforce readiness for all...
Legislature Once Again Poised to Consider Common Core Repeal
By Ashton Marra
The battle over Common Core continued at the statehouse Sunday during the Legislature’s June interim meetings. The national education standards were once again the topic of discussion for the Joint Education Committee.
It started with presentations by two Common Core opponents, Susan Summers, head of West Virginians Against Common Core, and Bonnie Henthorn, a member of the Tyler...
High-def camera pilot program catches faces of motorists illegally passing school buses
By Marcus Constantino, Multimedia reporter, Charleston Daily Mail
When people illegally pass school buses in West Virginia, they’re rarely brought to justice because state law doesn’t allow police to ticket offenders solely based on a license plate number.
Kanawha transportation officials are trying out new technology that can positively identify who’s behind the wheel...
W.Va. tax collection shortage worse than it appears
By Phil Kabler, Staff writer
Weak tax collections in May were actually worse than they appear, state Department of Revenue officials said Thursday.May tax collections of $280.7 million fell nearly $4.8 million, or 2 percent, below estimates.
However, as Deputy Revenue Secretary Mark Muchow explained, those figures were propped up by the transfer of $15.6 million from the state’s Income Tax Reserve Fund...