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Public schools in West Virginia see second largest drop since COVID

CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s 55 county public school districts saw their largest combined drop in student enrollment since the period spanning the worst of the COVID-10 pandemic. According to numbers released Tuesday by the West Virginia Department of Education, the fall headcount ...

W.Va. joins seven states suing OpenAI over alleged risks to children

CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey is joining a consortium of states filing separate lawsuits against the parent company of ChatGPT over concerns that the artificial intelligence company’s technology poses risks for children. The West Virginia Attorney General’s ...

W.Va. education officials unveil major overhaul of $2B school funding formula

CHARLESTON - For the last several years, lawmakers have talked about reforming West Virginia's formula for sending tax dollars to the state's 55 county school systems. Now, the Department of Education believes it has a fix. During Wednesday's meeting of the West Virginia Board of Education, ...

House Republicans summon Flock Safety to hearings in November

CHARLESTON – Not satisfied with the information provided since August legislative interim meetings, Republican members of the House Government Organization Committee want representatives of Flock Safety to return to Charleston for questioning. In a Monday letter sent to Flock Safety Chief ...

W.Va. Democratic, GOP leaders call for gas tax pause special session

CHARLESTON – With less than 22 days until the Nov. 3 general election, Democrats in the West Virginia House of Delegates and Republican State Treasurer Larry Pack are lobbying for a pause to the state’s gasoline tax. In a virtual press conference Tuesday morning, members of the House ...

WVU ‘cyber summit’ will address worries over AI, other concerns

MORGANTOWN – Artificial Intelligence is more than a soothing, well-modulated voice emanating from a speaker – to remind you of that oil change for your car next Tuesday. Much more. The U.S. and countries abroad are grappling these days with the not-so-benign aspects of AI, and the worry ...