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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.
Budget proposals from the Governor, Senate and House reflect differing priorities on what should be funded and how. But there ...
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Trump admin changes to federal broadband program just delayed West Virginia’s internet expansion. Here’s what it means.
Gov. Morrisey announced a 90-day extension for the state’s application to receive over a billion dollars to connect every ...
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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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‘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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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 ...