The West Virginia Legislature s special session ended Tuesday without providing an allocation for the state s Flood Resiliency Trust Fund created last year. Gov. Jim Justice had previously called for the fund left empty by last year s law creating it to be supplied with $50 million by the Legislature but left the matter off his list of legislative items for lawmakers to tackle during the special session that ended Tuesday.
In Pineville, West Virginia, a town of 500, residents filled up the front rows of the county courtroom recently. They came to hear the latest legal update on a battle some have been fighting for generations - securing clean water. Bobby Lee Keen and his wife Patsy attended the hearing. “How come they have people living like they're in a third world country and the United States of America?” asks Bobby Keen.
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This week, we visit the Seeing Hand Association. They bring together people who are visually impaired to learn the craft of chair caning. Also, corporate greed has been gobbling up newspapers for years. Now, some of those same companies are taking a bite out of mobile home parks. They’re raising rents and letting repairs slide. And, as the Mountain Valley Pipeline nears completion, people who live near it say government officials are ignoring their concerns about pollution.
On this West Virginia Morning, a new analysis of special education data hopes to advance understanding and solutions for students with the greatest need.