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wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny
Congressman Riley Moore visited a maximum security prison in El Salvador where some people deported from the United States are being held and posted photos on social media, including one of Moore giving a thumbs up sign. “I leave now even more determined to support President Trump’s efforts to secure our homeland,” Moore, a Republican who represents West Virginia’s northern counties, wrote on social media. The facility that Moore visited is known as CECOT, Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo.
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1 week ago |
wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny
Gov. Patrick Morrisey traveled to Ripley Elementary School to sign legislation focused on how to handle the most disruptive students in classrooms. The governor spoke in front of the elementary school students but was not indicating that they are disruptive. He broadened his message by describing a commitment to focusing on issues like educational attainment, teacher pay and literacy.
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1 week ago |
wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny
Legislation aiming to forbid diversity, equity and inclusion policies across West Virginia government hit a chaotic and confusion conclusion in the last hours of the regular legislative session. The events underscore the determination of West Virginia officials who wanted to push the policy ban ahead, as well as the resolve of a few lawmakers trying to block the bill.
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1 week ago |
wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny
The regular legislative session just concluded, but Gov. Patrick Morrisey has acknowledged the likelihood of calling lawmakers back for one or more special sessions. “Well, we’re likely to have some special sessions this year to tackle some of the tough issues facing West Virginia,” Morrisey said in response to a question on MetroNews Midday.
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1 week ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Brad McElhinny
Share West Virginia lawmakers completed legislation asserting ultimate say-so over state Board of Education policies — even though citizens rejected that in a statewide vote just a few years ago. The state Senate approved the bill on Friday. The House of Delegates agreed to changes made by senators and passed the bill on a 66-32 vote. Several delegates on Saturday spoke against passing a bill on a policy that the citizens recently rejected.
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RT @AmandaBarren: West Virginia's William "Billy" Marshall is the next Director of the Bureau of Prisons. Per @POTUS . https://t.co/WR0spY…
In the closing days of the legislative session, the House of Delegates passed a $5.317 billion general revenue budget bill. https://t.co/JuiDegIg30
revised with comments from evening floor speech by Senate Health Chairwoman Laura Wakim Chapman: "Big Medicine didn’t want the bill and successfully killed it."
Senators backed off inserting the provisions of a vaccine exemptions bill into another bill about a different health policy. https://t.co/VxPdoEn6si
