State education, Medicaid getting massive funding infusions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Over the next year, county school systems across West Virginia are set to share a $55 million infusion of money that can be used to pay for tutoring and teacher training and to expand after-school, summer school and preschool programs....
State workers sue over tech jobs
Long-simmering concerns among West Virginia’s state employees about public technology jobs have boiled over into a legal challenge. The West Virginia Public Workers Union Local 170 has sued the state’s Office of Technology and its chief technology officer. It seeks to block Kyle Schafer and his agency from proposing any contracts that could outsource tech-related projects or jobs.
Maynard, Rahall face off in first debate
U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., and Republican challenger Elliott “Spike” Maynard, clashed Tuesday over the future of coal, health care reform and jobs for southern West Virginia.