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‘Your people are suffering’: Families ask lawmakers for help caring for West Virginians with dementia
The Alzheimer’s Association estimates 115,000 West Virginians 45 and over have dementia, an umbrella term including Alzheimer ...
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New FOIA bill makes it harder for the public to access information and records
Senate FOIA rewrite weakens public access to records and undermines the ability to challenge state agency decisions to ...
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In DEI purge, Morrisey administration quietly guts office preventing workplace discrimination
The state’s Office of Equal Opportunity, which protects workers from harassment and discrimination, is Morrisey and the ...
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In West Virginia, lawmakers have thoughts and prayers — but no money — for flood prevention
Lawmakers could leave flood protection fund empty again as communities continue to recover from the deadly February floods.
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‘Spinning our wheels’: As West Virginia’s housing crisis worsens, lawmakers put solutions on the back burner
Lawmakers are focused elsewhere this session while West Virginians search for help to afford their rising housing costs.
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In a rare move, the coal industry and environmental groups both opposed a bill defining ‘sound science’
The WV Rivers Coalition and WV Coal Association opposed a bill that would have limited what science state agencies could use ...
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Proposed Medicaid cuts would close rural clinics, limit addiction recovery support and hurt local economies
Lawmakers’ proposal to cut Medicaid could make people with addiction more susceptible to relapse and cause rural hospital and ...
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Public employees won’t see a pay raise in any version of the state budget. Here’s what else to know.
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The Trump administration just delayed West Virginia’s broadband expansion. Here’s what that means.
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How the Republican supermajority is exempting itself from WV’s public records law
House Speaker Roger Hanshaw is pushing legislation that allows lawmakers to follow different public records rules than every other elected official in the state ...