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A look at Amendment 4: The Education Accountability Amendment

MORGANTOWN – Today we look at the fourth of four constitutional amendments coming before West Virginia voters in November. Amendment 4 is called Education Accountability Amendment and aims to clarify that the rules and policies promulgated by the state Board of Education are subject to ...

What happens when local gov’t has to beg the state for funds

The humanitarian crisis that was (and still is) Jackson, Miss., exemplifies what happens when infrastructure is starved of funds — and when local governments have to try to beg for funds from the state. A series of severe weather events debilitated Jackson’s water systems early this ...

A look at Amendment 2: the Property Tax Modernization Amendment

MORGANTOWN – Today we look at the second of four constitutional amendments that will be before West Virginia voters in November. Amendment 2 is called the Property Tax Modernization Amendment. As previously explained, the secretary of state's office says that when there is more than ...