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Hundreds of Mon County students receive Hope Scholarship funds

MORGANTOWN - Six hundred ninety-one individual students in Monongalia County received funds last school year from the Hope Scholarship program, according to the program's 2025-26 Annual Report, published last week. The Hope Scholarship is an educational savings account program for families ...

October tax revenue about $8 million shy of estimates in West Virginia

CHARLESTON – Tax revenues in October in West Virginia were slightly below estimates, brought down by larger income tax refunds and payments of severance tax revenues to local governments. According to a monthly tax revenue report released by the Senate Finance Committee, general revenue ...

West Virginia unveils one-stop permitting portal ahead of schedule

CHARLESTON - State officials celebrated the soft-launch Wednesday of West Virginia's new online one-stop portal for permitting three months ahead of a statutory deadline, with online-only permitting going live by the middle of next year and a great use of AI chatbots across all state ...