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West Virginia’s Republican governor signs the budget but vows to bring back lawmakers for fixes
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a budget of just under $5 billion Thursday after criticizing lawmakers for approving it in the waning hours of the… Read More
West Virginia legislative session ends with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills
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
Union reaches a tentative contract at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Bargainers for a union representing workers at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia and two other states reached a tentative agreement with the grocery chain on… Read More
Union rejects Kroger’s contract offer at 38 stores in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Union workers at 38 Kroger stores in West Virginia and two other states have voted to reject the grocery chain’s contract proposal and give their bargaining… Read More
West Virginia’s House OKs a bill to allow teachers with training to carry guns and removes local power to reject them
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
A Virginia bank delays its plans to auction land at a resort owned by West Virginia governor’s family
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank says it will delay plans to auction off land at West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s posh resort in an attempt to recover more… Read More
Democrats say West Virginia’s bill defining gender is transphobic and ‘political rubbish’
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia Republican-supermajority House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday to narrow the definitions of gender that Democrats label as a dystopian bill that would… Read More
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t run for president in 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin said Friday that he is not running for president, according to his spokesman Jon Kott. Manchin announced his decision in a speech… Read More
Cleveland-Cliffs will shutter its West Virginia tin plant and lay off 900 after a tariff ruling
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Cleveland-Cliffs announced Thursday that it is shutting down a northern West Virginia tin production facility indefinitely and plans to lay off 900 workers after the International… Read More
Attorneys for West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s family want to block a planned land auction to repay loans
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice are seeking to block a Virginia bank from plans to auction off land at the governor’s… Read More
Critics say a West Virginia ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’ is an effort to suppress transgender people
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Legislation in West Virginia to narrow the definitions of gender would give women no further rights and is a way for Republicans to suppress transgender people,… Read More
A bank plans to auction posh property owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to repay loans
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more than $300 million in longstanding unpaid business loans to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice… Read More
Candidates running for the Republican nomination for West Virginia governor spar on issues at debate
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Three candidates with deep family ties in state politics and one who moved here two decades ago staked their claims in a debate Tuesday night to… Read More
West Virginia advances a bill that would require age verification for internet pornography
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
Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn’t win a Senate seat with the GOP. He’s trying now as a Democrat
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Former West Virginia coal executive Don Blankenship, who lost by a wide margin when he ran for a U.S. Senate seat as a Republican in 2018,… Read More
A bill decriminalizing drug test strips in opioid-devastated West Virginia heads to the governor
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
A witness must testify in a West Virginia man’s murder trial before possibly marrying him
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia facing a murder trial after being charged with killing his infant daughter has expressed interest in marrying a witness in his case, leading a… Read More
West Virginia advances a bill to add photos to all SNAP cards, despite enforcement concerns
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
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
Stiffer penalties for fentanyl dealers and raises for teachers are among West Virginia legislative priorities
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Leading lawmakers in West Virginia want to increase penalties for fentanyl dealers, give public school teachers more pay raises, remove disruptive students from classrooms and boost… Read More
West Virginia starts distributing funds from the settlement of opioid lawsuits
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established by the settlement of opioid lawsuits in the state, which has by far the nation’s highest… Read More
A white supremacist is sentenced after threatening the jury and witnesses in synagogue shooter’s trial
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — A self-proclaimed white supremacist was sentenced to more than six years in federal prison Wednesday for making online threats toward the jury and witnesses at the… Read More
College athletes who transfer twice can play, for now, after a judge sets aside the NCAA’s transfer rule
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — College athletes who were denied the chance to play immediately after transferring a second time can return to competition — for now — after a federal… Read More
Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power
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
Sen. Joe Manchin announces he won’t seek reelection in 2024
WASHINGTON (NPR) — West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin announced Thursday that he will not run for reelection in 2024. The decision means Democrats face an uphill climb to keep… Read More
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