Henry Culvyhouse, Author at Mountain State Spotlight

As police departments across West Virginia rapidly deploy Flock Safety’s automated license plate readers, state lawmakers are raising serious concerns about digital security, accuracy, and data privacy. So far, Flock has sidestepped the questions.

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Law enforcement across the state have adopted Flock Safety cameras. Lawmakers say the company is dodging their questions.

West Virginians are dying of neglect in jails and prisons. The state wants to limit how families can pursue justice.

Trump and Congress want states to take the lead on disaster recovery. West Virginia isn’t ready.

A decade ago, lawmakers created a Future Fund to save coal and gas wealth. It never saved a penny.

West Virginia’s fire commission has failed for 50 years to make a plan to address the state’s high fire death rate

Deadly flooding in West Virginia finds prevention plans unaddressed

Tucker County residents want to know what Fundamental Data is planning. The state’s data center laws let companies avoid scrutiny.

West Virginia’s school funding formula is failing shrinking districts. Here’s how the state could fix it.

WVU Health leadership failed to address painkiller thefts for years as opioids devastated West Virginia

Lawmakers vowed action after a 2017 warehouse fire in Parkersburg. A decade later, the latest blaze revealed the same gap.

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