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.
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.
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.
Hours before the crossover day deadline, West Virginia senators passed two bills that target LGBTQ+ people on Wednesday, reports @lorikerseywv.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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
House members took a significant step in potentially repealing West Virginia’s controversial high school sports transfer rule, which has been blamed for depleted sports teams and lopsided football scores, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Voting concludes Tuesday in the first primaries of the 2026 midterm elections in Arkansas, North Carolina and Texas, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
The Senate Energy, Industry and Mining Committee approved a bill Monday that would change how certain aboveground storage tanks — including those near drinking water sources — are regulated in the state, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
A bill advancing in the West Virginia Senate would require State Police to sell machine guns to certain state residents all over the state, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
When senators refused to take up a child abuse prevention measure known as “Raylee’s Law” on Monday, a House of Delegates committee quickly advanced their version of the bill through a committee as legislative deadlines loom, reports @amelianews.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.
