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Which School Districts Will Be Hardest Hit By Education Department’s Withholding Of Funds?
Forbes
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No money for you, school districts. getty July 1 was the day U.S. schools were supposed to receive federal grant money. Instead, states received an unsigned email from the Department of Education stating that the government would not be...
West Virginia seeks public input on wildlife plan at July open houses
West Virginia Explorer
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July 1, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will hold a series of public meetings in July to collect input on its State Wildlife Action Plan, which is currently under review. Advertisement The plan, also known as SWAP,...
West Virginia Explorer celebrates 25th anniversary with redesigned website, travel guide
West Virginia Explorer
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July 1, 2025
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s premier online magazine for travel, history, and outdoor adventure, West Virginia Explorer is celebrating its 25th anniversary by unveiling a series of new logos and a fully redesigned website, including an...
Guest column: One Big Beautiful Bill delivers for West Virginia
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs, and a return to commonsense. Today, on our nation’s 249th Independence Day,...
West Virginia brings in $254 million more in state revenues than officials had estimated
MetroNews - West Virginia
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July 1, 2025
West Virginia’s state revenue collections concluded the fiscal year $254.8 million ahead of estimates, according to information distributed by the state Senate Finance Committee. State officials had anticipated bringing in $5.264 billion during...
Capito extends Independence Day wishes to West Virginians
Charleston Leader - West Virginia
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July 3, 2025
Senator Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Senator for West Virginia | Official U.S. Senate headshotSenator Shelley Moore Capito, U.S. Senator for West Virginia | Official U.S. Senate headshot U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia extended...
Here’s what Trump’s tax law could mean for America’s children
Penn Live - Pennsylvania
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July 9, 2025
By MORIAH BALINGIT, AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The impact of the massive spending bill that President Donald Trump signed into law on Independence Day is expected to filter down to infants and toddlers — a segment of the population that...
U.S. Supreme Court agrees to take up West Virginia transgender student-athlete case
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) CHARLESTON — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to take up West Virginia’s appeal of a lower court decision blocking...
U.S. Supreme Court Agrees To Hear West Virginia Transgender Student-Athlete Case
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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FILE - The Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) CHARLESTON — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to take up West Virginia’s appeal of a lower court decision blocking...
‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Delivers for West Virginia
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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U.S. REP. RILEY MOORE, R-W.VA. West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs, and a return to commonsense. Today, on our...
Op-ed: One Big Beautiful Bill delivers for West Virginia
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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(A News and Sentinel Op-Ed - Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection) West Virginians demanded generational change in November after years of mass migration, inflation, and progressive insanity. They demanded a secure border, lower costs, and...
US Supreme Court to hear challenges to Idaho and West Virginia bans on transgender athletes in women’s sports
Malay Mail
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July 4, 2025
WASHINGTON, July 4 — The US Supreme Court agreed yesterday to wade into the hot-button issue of transgender athletes in girls and women’s sports. The court said it would hear cases next term challenging state laws in Idaho and West Virginia...
West Virginia First Foundation receives update on opioid settlement funds
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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(Photo Illustration - MetroCreativeConnection) CHARLESTON — The private non-profit foundation created by the state and local governments to distribute opioid settlement dollars in West Virginia received an update Monday on its funding and grant...
Supreme Court takes up Idaho, West Virginia transgender sports bans
Angelus News - California
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July 3, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court said July 3 that it would take up two cases concerning state laws requiring student athletes to compete on sports teams that correspond to their biological sex rather than their gender identity. The attorneys general of West...
West Virginia First Foundation Hears Update on Opioid Settlement Funds
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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photo by: Steven Allen Adams (file) West Virginia First Foundation Executive Director Jonathan Board congratulates recipients of the foundation’s $17 million Initial Opportunity Grant program in a ceremony near Flatwoods in May. CHARLESTON — The...
West Virginia First Foundation receives update on opioid settlement funds, disbursements
The Times Leader - Ohio
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CHARLESTON — The private non-profit foundation created by the state and local governments to distribute opioid settlement dollars in West Virginia received an update Monday on its funding and grant programs. The West Virginia First Foundation held...
The Supreme Court Can Save Women's Sports | Opinion
Newsweek
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July 9, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear two cases related to the protection—and the preservation—of women's sports. This news should gladden the hearts of female athletes across the country. The Court's decision promises a legal reckoning that...
The Quiet Renewable Race: Private Equity’s Bid For Prime Energy Land
Forbes
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WHITEWATER, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 05 : Wind turbines produce energy at Whitewater Energy's Wind ... More Turbine Farm, December 5, 1997 in Whitewater, California near Palm Springs. (Photo by Getty Images/Bob Riha, Jr.)Getty Images Private equity...
U.S. Supreme Court takes up trans athlete ban in Idaho, West Virginia
Idaho Capital Sun
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July 3, 2025
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider a challenge to Idaho’s ban on transgender athletes in girl’s and women’s sports. The court will also take up a lawsuit related to a similar ban in West Virginia. Idaho in 2020 became the first...
West Virginia faces job loss challenges amid election year and shrinking population
WCHS - West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WCHS) — A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that in May of this year, 717,000 jobs were held within the state, but a year ago that number was more than 725,000. Executive director for the West Virginia...