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A West Virginia bill that adds work search to unemployment and freezes benefits is made law without signature
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People receiving unemployment benefits in West Virginia will need to do more to prove they are searching for jobs to collect state benefits under a new… Read More
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice vetoes the bill that would have loosened school vaccine policies
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia’s GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would have loosened one of the country’s strictest school vaccine… Read More
West Virginia’s governor signs a vague law allowing teachers to answer questions about origin of life
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a law Friday that supporters say promotes the free exchange of ideas in science classrooms, despite objections from opponents… Read More
West Virginia legislative session ends with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican-dominated state Legislature in West Virginia on Saturday concluded a 60-day session marked by budget disputes and controversial social issue bills that advanced but ultimately… Read More
West Virginia’s House OKs a bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns and removes local power to reject them
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to allow teachers and other school staff who undergo training to carry guns in K-12 public schools…. Read More
West Virginia advances a bill that would require age verification for internet pornography
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — People in West Virginia would need to present some form of state-sponsored age verification before accessing internet pornography under a bill that advanced Monday in the… Read More
A bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to the governor
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill that would decriminalize all dtrug test strips used to detect deadly substances in West Virginia, the state with the nation’s highest overdose rate, is headed to… Read More
West Virginia advances a bill to add photos to all SNAP cards, despite enforcement concerns
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A committee of lawmakers in West Virginia’s Republican-majority Legislature is advancing a bill that would require photo IDs to be added to the SNAP cards low-income… Read More
West Virginia’s Senate OKs a bill to allow veterans and retired police to provide armed security in schools
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — County education boards in West Virginia could contract with military veterans and retired law enforcement officers to provide armed security at K-12 public schools under a… Read More
Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar, representing what a developer and U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office touted on Wednesday as… Read More
A West Virginia school system mandates religious training following a revival assembly lawsuit
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia school district has passed a policy mandating annual religious freedom training as part of a lawsuit settlement after an evangelical preacher held a… Read More
West Virginia pathologists perform twice as many autopsies as industry standard amid shortages
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Forensic pathologists in West Virginia are being asked to perform at least twice as many autopsies as the national best practice standard, resulting in significant delays,… Read More
Child care programs just lost thousands of federal dollars. Families and providers scramble to cope
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WILLIAMSON, W.Va. (AP) — Kaitlyn Adkins is studying law to help families in her community impacted by the opioid epidemic at the heart of West Virginia coal country. But to… Read More
The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by off-duty deputy demands a jury trial
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The family of a West Virginia 13-year-old who was struck and killed by an off-duty sheriff’s deputy with his marked cruiser last year has filed a civil suit… Read More
Communities across Appalachia band together for the first-ever 13-state Narcan distribution event
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An effort to destigmatize the use of Narcan that started as a pilot in two West Virginia counties has expanded to all thirteen states in Appalachia this… Read More
As clinics pivot post-Roe, battle rages over syringe service in opioid-ravaged West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Staff at Women’s Health Center of West Virginia know what it’s like to provide controversial health services that government officials have sought to ban or restrict…. Read More
West Virginia officer will not face charges for striking, killing 13-year-old with cruiser off-duty
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CHARLESTON W.Va. (AP) — An off-duty deputy sheriff in West Virginia who struck and killed a 13-year-old girl with his marked cruiser last year will not face criminal charges in… Read More
The West Virginia House passes a bill to cut personal income tax by half
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated House passed a proposal to reduce the state’s personal income tax by 50 percent Wednesday, rejecting a call by Democrats to drop the… Read More
West Virginia announces an $83 million opioid settlement with Walgreens
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia has settled for $83 million with Walgreens for the pharmacy store chain’s role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the U.S. state with the… Read More
West Virginia’s GOP-controlled Senate fast-tracks “CRT” and health bills in first day of session
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Republican-dominated Senate in West Virginia fast-tracked two monumental health proposals and another bill that would restrict how subjects like race are taught in the classroom… Read More
West Virginia’s governor pitches 50 percent income tax cut over 3 years
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice unveiled his most ambitious personal income tax proposal yet Wednesday: a 50 percent reduction over the next three years. The Republican… Read More
A judge says West Virginia can keep its ban against transgender school athletes
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s ban on transgender athletes competing in female school sports is constitutional and can remain in place, a federal judge ruled Thursday. “I recognize that… Read More