Lawmaker behind WV funding for out-of-state school has pushed right-wing policies

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Lawmaker behind WV funding for out-of-state school has pushed right-wing policies

West Virginia Delegate Pat McGeehan, R-Hancock, played a key role in securing up to $5 million in state funding for an out-of-state Catholic school, the College of St. Joseph the Worker, and its right-wing advocacy plans from a fund typically tapped for water and wastewater infrastructure projects, the Water Development Authority's Economic Enhancement Grant fund. McGeehan has a lengthy history of proposing use of state resources for anti-abortio