More thoughts on the recent legislative standoff over K-12 educational priorities between state Schools Superintendent Jorea Marple and state Sen. Roman Prezioso, D-Marion… Folks at the state Higher Education Policy Commission recently sent me some ACT (college entrance exam) data, which would support my comments in a previous post about math instruction in West Virginia. [...]

West Virginia Housing Development Fund administrators have remained fiercely loyal to former executive director Joe Hatfield (pictured above) amid a federal investigation, and it’s no wonder why: Hatfield showered agency employees with more than $800,000 in cash bonuses over the past decade. Hatfield was the recipient of $50,000 in bonus pay. He also brought in [...]

Earlier this week, my colleague, Phil Kabler, revealed that the state Ethics Commission had given the green light to Auditor Glen Gainer to take an all-expenses-paid trip to Perth, Australia — with Visa International picking up all the expenses. Visa, the credit card company, is a subcontractor with the state’s Purchasing Card System. The Auditor’s [...]