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James Oxendale: More data from Hope Scholarship needed (Opinion)
Op-Ed Commentaries

James Oxendale: More data from Hope Scholarship needed (Opinion)

  • By James Oxendale
  • Updated Feb 10, 2025

Gov. Patrick Morrisey tells us the state faces a budget shortfall of $400,000,000 beginning July 1. Clearly, the Big Jim Justice Let-the-Good-…

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Morrisey: From 'punching bag' to contender, 'economic backyard brawl' ahead for WV
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Morrisey: From 'punching bag' to contender, 'economic backyard brawl' ahead for WV

  • By Sierra Marling smarling@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Feb 18, 2026
  • 3 min to read

Despite cloudy skies and temperatures in the mid-30s, hundreds turned out at the state Capitol on Monday for the inauguration of West Virginia…

$22M in WV Hope Scholarship funds spent on out-of-state schools, dance studios, more
Education

$22M in WV Hope Scholarship funds spent on out-of-state schools, dance studios, more

  • By Amelia Ferrell Knisely West Virginia Watch
  • Updated Feb 5, 2026

West Virginia’s broad education savings account program, the Hope Scholarship, permitted families to spend $22 million last school year on thi…

WV Board of Ed: Kanawha Schools closures pass, Hope Scholarship under fire
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WV Board of Ed: Kanawha Schools closures pass, Hope Scholarship under fire

  • By Sierra Marling smarling@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Feb 18, 2026

The West Virginia Board of Education unanimously approved the closure and consolidation of several Kanawha County Schools on Wednesday followi…

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Morrisey victory speech suggests what to expect from new gubernatorial administration
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Morrisey victory speech suggests what to expect from new gubernatorial administration

  • By Mike Tony mtony@hdmediallc.com
  • Updated Dec 14, 2025

One man posed next to a bulldog.

Gazette-Mail editorial: School consolidations an ominous sign for WV
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Gazette-Mail editorial: School consolidations an ominous sign for WV

  • Updated Nov 14, 2025

No one likes school consolidations. No one wants to see an elementary, middle or high school that has traditionally been a central part of a c…

Bray Boggs: Expanded Hope Scholarship a win for freedom (Opinion)
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Bray Boggs: Expanded Hope Scholarship a win for freedom (Opinion)

  • By Bray Boggs
  • Updated Sep 6, 2025

“Mountaineers are always free” is more than just a state motto. The phrase describes a cultural climate where citizens have agency in construc…

Joseph Golden: Legislature still hasn't addressed child care (Opinion)
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Joseph Golden: Legislature still hasn't addressed child care (Opinion)

  • By Joseph I. Golden
  • Jun 6, 2024

Can someone help me with an apparent contradiction in regards to helping children learn?

Joseph Wyatt: GOP mad scientists diminish education in WV (Opinion)
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Joseph Wyatt: GOP mad scientists diminish education in WV (Opinion)

  • Feb 9, 2024

As if West Virginia’s legislative GOP supermajority had relocated to the island of Dr. Moreau and set up shop in subterranean laboratories, it…

Access expands for WV's Hope Scholarship -- for some, so do concerns
Education

Access expands for WV's Hope Scholarship -- for some, so do concerns

  • By Roger Adkins radkins@hdmediallc.com
  • Dec 15, 2023

As access to the Hope Scholarship expands, some are concerned the program is siphoning funds away from the public school system.

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