On this West Virginia Morning, WVPB had a conversation with Us & Them host Trey Kay earlier this week on the significance today of the 250^th anniversary of America’s founding. This week, WVPB is hosting a special screening event at Marshall University with excerpts from Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, and Kay will lead a panel discussion. We once again hear from Kay, this time speaking with one of the panelists — Marshall University political science professor George Davis — about why revisiting the nation’s founding story still matters.

Also, state leaders pledged to pursue an agenda of economic development at this year’s legislative session, and a major part of that agenda passed the House of Delegates Wednesday. And, there was a flurry of activity on the Senate floor Wednesday as the upper body recognized Crossover Day. Among more than two dozen bills that passed: the West Virginia First Energy Act.

Finally, Gov. Patrick Morrisey is taking his message of tax cuts to the people. Wednesday, he made a stop at Tamarack in Beckley.

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Maria Young produced this episode.

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