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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.
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.
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.
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.
Up against Wednesday’s legislative session deadline, a Democratic member of the House of Delegates tried but failed to get a measure known as Raylee’s Law up for a vote, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
The West Virginia Senate adopted a fast-tracked bill on Wednesday that would weaken oversight for aboveground storage tanks across the state that are used to hold liquids from industrial, mining, utility or energy operations, with many near drinking water sources, reports @caitycoyne.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.
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.
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.
Applications for the Hope Scholarship, the state’s education voucher program, have opened up to all West Virginia children in grades K-12 for the first time, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Republicans on the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee mounted unusually blunt criticisms of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a tense five-hour hearing Tuesday, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
The U.S. Defense Department on Tuesday named four of the six U.S. soldiers killed by an Iranian drone strike, the first U.S. casualties of the war with Iran that President Donald Trump launched over the weekend, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Republican lawmakers said Tuesday after classified briefings on Capitol Hill they don’t intend to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to continue the war in Iran, though some said sending in ground troops would be a step too far, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social and @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
The Associated Press early Wednesday declared James Talarico the winner of the Democratic primary in Texas, while incumbent Republican Sen. John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton will spend weeks to come competing in a runoff election, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
Years in the making, a bill aimed at expanding child care in West Virginia was approved by House of Delegates members on Wednesday, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Hours before the crossover day deadline, West Virginia senators passed two bills that target LGBTQ+ people on Wednesday, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
The national average price of a gallon of regular gasoline topped $3 Tuesday for the first time this year, and is expected to keep going up, reports David Lightman.
A bill in the West Virginia Senate that would have expanded machine gun access statewide has been sidelined by a procedural move, Senate officials said Tuesday, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
West Virginia foster care could see a massive operational overhaul after senators approved a bill to begin offloading parts of the system to a private company, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he “might have forced Israel’s hand” in launching the war on Iran that has already cost the lives of six American troops, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social and @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
The West Virginia House of Delegates has approved a bill that would impose jail time and fines for homeless people who live on public property throughout the state, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
U.S. forces have launched “major combat operations” on targets in Iran, President Donald Trump said in a video posted to social media at 2:30 a.m. Eastern Saturday.
Across West Virginia, teachers and staff are learning their jobs have been cut due to dire school finances. While reduction in force letters are going out, lawmakers haven’t signed off on changing the school funding formula for next year, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
With another ruling that an immigrant was wrongly jailed in West Virginia, a federal judge has issued “a final notice” to the federal government over continued unlawful detaining of immigrants, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
The U.S. war on Iran will continue unabated on President Donald Trump’s terms, with more troops on the way and more casualties expected, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters early Monday, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
A federal court announced Monday it will hold oral arguments in May to determine whether a lower court erred when it blocked the Pentagon from downgrading Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly’s retirement rank and pay for appearing in the “Don’t Give Up The Ship” video, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates on Monday voted down a proposed change to a camping ban bill that would have limited criminal penalties of the bill to areas of the state that have available shelter beds, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
The West Virginia House of Delegates unanimously adopted a resolution Monday morning recognizing and honoring the life of Del. Larry Kump, who died over the weekend, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
A federal judge Monday temporarily blocked a Homeland Security policy that instituted a seven-day notice requirement for members of Congress to conduct oversight visits at facilities that hold immigrants, finding it likely violates appropriations law, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
