The Democratic National Committee Tuesday filed a lawsuit in federal court aiming to force the Trump administration to admit if it plans to send armed federal law enforcement or U.S. troops to polling locations in the upcoming midterm elections, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
A U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday added to the fierce debate over compensation for student-athletes, with senators and experts agreeing the current system wasn’t working but with different ideas for a path forward, reports Shauneen Miranda.
Senate Democrats tasked with overseeing defense left a classified briefing Tuesday incensed about President Trump’s war with Iran, as the U.S. and Israel continue their joint bombardment, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social and @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
The governor’s marquee foster care proposal, a “Bring Them Home Fund” to move hundreds of West Virginia foster children back in state, was left out of lawmakers’ budget, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Senate Republicans during a Tuesday hearing laid the groundwork for legislation that would prevent state and local governments from making decisions on whether to limit cooperation with the federal government on immigration enforcement, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
The West Virginia Senate has signed off on a bill meant to help cancer patients retain their hair during chemotherapy treatment, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
As communities’ concerns grow over rising electricity prices and the environmental effects of data centers, some local and state officials want to halt development of the facilities, reports @maddyfitz.bsky.social.
COMMENTARY: Since the Aboveground Storage Tank Act was passed, members of the Legislature have tried at least 12 times to loosen the requirements, writes @leannray.bsky.social.
West Virginia youth transitioning from foster care, who face the highest risk of homelessness in young adults, are the focus of a bill soon headed to the governor’s desk for consideration, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
President Trump on Monday told House Republicans, who were gathered in Florida for a policy retreat, that he expects the war in Iran will wrap up “quickly,” though he didn’t give a specific date or detail exactly what he wants to do before ending the hostilities, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Americans are paying more for gas Monday as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran chokes off a significant route for roughly one-fifth of the world’s petroleum products, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
Senators are racing against the clock to score additional funding for special education as West Virginia schools continue to struggle, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
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COMMENTARY: Both of West Virginia’s U.S. senators voted to slash the Biden era Affordable Care Act premium subsidies, writes Jack Bernard.
State Medicaid budgets will be reduced by a total of $665 billion over the next decade, after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act cuts federal investment in the health insurance program, according to a new analysis, reports @acvollers.bsky.social.
House Bill 4089, “The Jessica Huffman Bill” passed in the House of Delegates Feb. 11 with a 97-0 vote. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill Tuesday, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
COMMENTARY: If the Trump administration felt defeated in Minneapolis and thought it could score easy wins in ruby red West Virginia, it couldn’t have been more wrong, writes Eli Baumwell of ACLU-WV.
West Virginia Senate President Randy Smith released a statement Friday setting the record straight on how Senate Bill 1071 — which would have required State Police to sell machine guns to certain residents — stopped advancing through the body earlier this week, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
The United States lost 92,000 jobs in February, edging unemployment up slightly according to the latest employment figures released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
At least eight states have given TANF funds to crisis pregnancy centers in recent years, even before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal protections for abortion rights in 2022, reports @kelciemmorris.bsky.social.
Physicians and researchers told reporters they’re concerned about the magnitude of public money crisis pregnancy centers are receiving while Planned Parenthood clinics and other community clinics offering reproductive health care are defunded.
Lawmakers declined again this year to put money in the Posey Perry Emergency Food Fund, a Jim Justice-era program that gave money to hundreds of West Virginia food pantries, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
The budget bill will land before the governor earlier than usual in the legislative process, a move that could help lawmakers override any vetoes, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
The top Democrat on the U.S. House Budget Committee sent a letter to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Thursday, asking its experts to determine how much the war in Iran could cost, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
House Republicans and a handful of Democrats followed the Senate in blocking a measure Thursday to stop President Donald Trump from furthering the war in Iran without authorization from Congress, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
States Newsroom conducted a 50-state investigation examining state and federal budgets, as well as the tax records of crisis pregnancy centers, finding that while the magnitude of public funding for them is growing, oversight is not.
BREAKING: President Trump said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be leaving the post for a job as a special envoy, following an appearance before a U.S. Senate panel this week that provoked bipartisan criticism of her handling of the department, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia filed a federal lawsuit Thursday seeking to end West Virginia’s nearly two decade long moratorium on new methadone clinics, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
Senate Republicans and a single Democrat blocked a War Powers Resolution Wednesday aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s joint war with Israel in Iran that has taken the lives of six American troops and killed top Iranian leaders, @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
U.S. House Republicans spent a Wednesday oversight hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem blasting local governments for policies that limit immigration cooperation, while Democrats slammed her leadership of the department, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
