NEW: A high-ranking Republican tried to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s school voucher program.
Then three PACs — bankrolled by pro-school choice billionaires like the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — worked to take him down.
https://www.propublica.org/article/west-virginia-school-choice-billionaires-vernon-criss?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #WestVirginia #Billionaires #Election #Midterms #School #Education #SchoolChoice
ProPublica
npub19f…gulzp
2026-10-19 14:30:26 UTC
Author Public Key
npub19fwwstv5dg8qsmuj9rmgf98nt9lfz5gvv67jqx6y9jtgekpcz5pqpgulzpSeen on
wss://relay.ditto.pubPublished at
2026-10-19 14:30:26 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "d35b18c34b2565916e7bb1c5df709002fa8ab4019dc703ccbacbf69f9ba8210e",
"pubkey": "2a5ce82d946a0e086f9228f68494f3597e91510c66bd201b442c968cd8381502",
"created_at": 1792420226,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"News"
],
[
"t",
"westvirginia"
],
[
"t",
"billionaires"
],
[
"t",
"election"
],
[
"t",
"midterms"
],
[
"t",
"school"
],
[
"t",
"Education"
],
[
"t",
"schoolchoice"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://newsie.social/users/ProPublica/statuses/117468051982923495",
"activitypub"
],
[
"client",
"Mostr",
"31990:6be38f8c63df7dbf84db7ec4a6e6fbbd8d19dca3b980efad18585c46f04b26f9:mostr",
"wss://relay.ditto.pub"
]
],
"content": "NEW: A high-ranking Republican tried to curb the unchecked growth of West Virginia’s school voucher program. \n\nThen three PACs — bankrolled by pro-school choice billionaires like the Koch family and Jeffrey Yass — worked to take him down.\nhttps://www.propublica.org/article/west-virginia-school-choice-billionaires-vernon-criss?utm_source=mastodon\u0026utm_medium=social\u0026utm_campaign=mastodon-post \n\n#News #WestVirginia #Billionaires #Election #Midterms #School #Education #SchoolChoice",
"sig": "e8614e44c8e79a0180da9ee2fb625a4127015dcbdde44a8884566bf810d03d30e490a9cccbff4f101fea2021e30af72d4ab6b74f5814d7bbf61942be48ebec52"
}