1+ hour, 39+ min ago  (199+ words) Mountain State Spotlight has promoted Tyler Dedrick to the position of deputy managing editor. Dedrick joined Mountain State Spotlight in 2023 and has been serving as the organization's audience manager. The change is effective immediately. "We are excited for Tyler to…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1473+ words) The state has failed to spend nearly $7 million to help kids pay rent, go to college and access other services to help them succeed....

3+ week, 12+ hour ago  (561+ words) Voters across West Virginia approved most school levies and bond measures on Tuesday's primary ballot, giving millions of dollars in local funding to support employee salaries, meal programs and school construction projects." Voters approved seven out of the 10 school funding…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (619+ words) Fifty-seven days into the West Virginia Legislature's 60-day session, lawmakers have done little to pull some of the state's public schools from the brink of financial collapse." Early in this session, Hancock County's school system announced its ability to make…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (696+ words) West Virginia lawmakers are debating how to help rescue financially strapped school systems that educate most of the state's kids, while pumping more money into private schools. Mostly left out of the public debate so far are the findings of…...

4+ mon, 5+ day ago  (910+ words) An independent, civic news organization for West Virginia Just days before the West Virginia Department of Education took over another school district, lawmakers were told they should cap private education scholarships based on need and better fund public schools. Clicking…...