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Duncan Slade

Duncan Slade

Author at mountainstatespotlight.org at Mountain State Spotlight

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    Recent Articles

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    West Virginia is taking control of more local school systems. Here’s what it means for students.

    Citing administrative and financial mismanagement, the West Virginia Board of Education has taken over six school districts across the state.
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    Morrisey targeted DEI at colleges. West Virginia’s historically bla...

    Founded when education was segregated, West Virginia’s Black universities won’t change under Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s DEI ban.
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    Hope Scholarship costs could balloon to $315 million next year to f...

    House Speaker Roger Hanshaw said he’s worried about the state being able to afford the price. Republicans have not introduced legislation to cap the program.
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    Lawmakers push to remove disruptive elementary schoolers, but many ...

    Lawmakers want to give teachers power to remove troubled elementary schoolers, but they don’t have a plan for what happens to the kids.
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    Patrick Morrisey plans to double down on tax cuts even as he faces ...

    Morrisey inherits a state budget shortfall. He plans to find places to cut within government agencies to pay for already-enacted and future tax cuts.
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    Capitol renovation oversight has been skirted for years. Now, West ...

    Multiple times, legislative auditors have warned that changes were being made to the Capitol without proper approval under confusing state laws.
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    Here’s what happened in West Virginia’s 2024 primary election

    On Tuesday, voters across the state selected the candidates who will run in the November general election.
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    Here’s what West Virginians told us lawmakers should focus on this ...

    Note: This story is based on the responses of nearly 200 West Virginians who took our survey about what issues they think elected officials should address during the 2024 legislative session. Click here to take the survey. We’re just a few days away from the 2024 legislative session, when senators and delegates from across West Virginia […]
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    WVU board approves cuts to degree programs, faculty layoffs

    WVU’s Board of Governors approved cuts to dozens of programs and 143 faculty positions to help fix a $45 million budget shortfall.
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    How West Virginia lawmakers have indirectly influenced budget cuts ...

    State lawmakers have supported program cuts and layoffs at West Virginia’s flagship university, guided by last year’s performance-based funding formula.
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    West Virginia child literacy bill gutted, revived by lawmakers

    A bill that would hire 2,500 teachers aides to improve child literacy in West Virginia went through some unusual legislative maneuvering.
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    Ban on child marriage in West Virginia passes House on Crossover Day

    West Virginia has the highest rate of child marriage in the country. A bill that passed the House today would ban the practice.
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    West Virginia bill could allow LGBTQ discrimination on religious gr...

    West Virginia lawmakers advanced a bill that critics say could legalize LGBTQ discrimination on religious grounds.
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    West Virginia lawmakers suspend legislative rules all the time. Why?

    Lawmakers suspend legislative rules pretty frequently to speed up the process.
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    Justice, Senate leaders at odds on tax cuts

    Gov. Justice said he would be open to compromise with state Senators in order to get a tax cut passed before the end of the session
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    WV bill would tighten control of residential drug treatment facilities

    West Virginia lawmakers have moved a bill that would increase regulation of residential drug treatment facilities, citing use by out-of-state residents.
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    Justice’s State of the State: Final takeaways on the car tax, publi...

    Here’s what Justice said on the car tax, public schools and abortion on Wednesday. Also, the term-limited governor hints at a run for U.S. Senate.
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    Mountain State Spotlight hires economy, public health reporters

    Dan Lawton, Allen Siegler and P.R. Lockhart have been hired by Mountain State Spotlight to cover economic and public health issues in West Virginia.
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    At WVU, as state funding goes down, students bear more and more of ...

    West Virginia legislators have repeatedly cut funding for higher education, transferring the cost to students,