The WV school board is considering how it will move forward with Gov. Morrisey’s order to allow religious exemptions to vaccine requirements.

The U.S. House panel in charge of overhauling Medicaid by cutting billions in federal spending wrapped up debate on its bill Wednesday.

West Virginia Watch reporter Amelia Ferrell Knisely has placed second in the Dan Rather Medals for News and Guts competition.

The WV Board of Education will pursue litigation over a recently-passed bill that gives lawmakers the ultimate authority over board policies.

Gov. Morrisey has signed dozens of Republican-backed bills, including a measure eliminating the state’s Office of Equal Opportunity.

Many of McDowell’s residents are unable or unlikely to leave their long-time family homes, resulting in them now sitting in damp structures.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a bill on Monday, April 14, 2025, codifying a “Parents' Bill of Rights” for West Virginians.

Lawmakers have approved nearly eliminating gender-affirming care for children in West Virginia, removing a narrow exemption in current law.

Lawmakers have signed off on doing away with the West Virginia Office of Equal Opportunity, opting to keep the director role within another state agency.

West Virginia law mandates that medical professionals treat newborns’ eyes with an ointment meant to prevent pink eye or potentially blindness if the baby comes into contact with bacteria or a sexuall...

The Republican-led House of Delegates approved $97 million in funding for the Hope Scholarship, the state’s education voucher program.

West Virginia law mandates that medical professionals treat newborns’ eyes with an ointment meant to prevent potentially blindness.

On Saturday, April 5, 2025, more than 1,200 Hands Off rallies were held across the nation to protest the actions of the Trump administration.

Bill  introduces a system for identifying and addressing local fiscal emergencies and gives the state Auditor authority to declare fiscal watches and emergencies.

At the urging of the Secretary of State, West Virginia could tighten laws on acceptable forms of photo identification that can be used.

The House is considering a bill that would allow the Legislature to write its own rules for disclosing public records.

Grappling with a troubled foster care system, the House of Delegates passed a bill on Wednesday some lawmakers say will minimize children bouncing from home to home. As part of the measure, the state…

Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed a bill that will ban some artificial food dyes from being included in food items sold in West Virginia.

WVU would be required to operate a civics learning center focused on constitutional studies according to a bill approved by the House.

A Senate bill that aims to prevent abuse of minors in West Virginia’s residential treatment programs has backing from Paris Hilton.

Teacher pay raises would be determined by median home prices in their county, according to a bill being considered by the Senate.

The GOP supermajority has spent a bulk of the 2025 legislative session on bills they say will increase election integrity.

The Republican-dominant Senate approved a measure that would require judicial elections to become partisan races.

The Senate passed a bill that would give elementary teachers more authority to remove disruptive or violent students from the classroom.

A bill advancing in the Senate would reinstate the death penalty for individuals sentenced for intentionally killing a police officer.

The WV Senate passed two bills focused on transgender youth as the Republican-led body has prioritized bills related to biological sex.

A bill advancing in the Senate would reinstate the death penalty for individuals sentenced for intentionally killing a police officer.

The Senate overwhelmingly approved a bill banning synthetic dyes in food after Republican lawmakers stressed it would make food healthier.

Democrats in the Senate and House of Delegates will try again to let voters decide whether to reinstate abortion rights.

The House of Delegates approved a bill Monday that would give elementary teachers more authority to remove disruptive and violent students.

Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel claiming Gov. Patrick Morrisey is telling GOP Senators to vote down any amendments sponsored by Dems.

Teachers would be mandated to tell parents when a child requests to be referred to by a different name or pronouns according to SB 154.

A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit brought by foster children in 2019 against the state that sought to mandate changes in the troubled system.

West Virginia lawmakers are trying again this year to address worsening elementary student behavior that has put some teachers in danger.

The price tag for the Hope Scholarship, an education savings account program, will double next year, climbing to more than $100 million.

West Virginia lawmakers are trying again this year to address worsening elementary student behavior that has put some teachers in danger.

Charleston native Ellen Blackwood's dream job at Acadia National Park was cut short after the Trump administration's firings at Park Service.

The Associated Press is suing three Trump administration officials over access to presidential events.

The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.

State lawmakers a bill which would allow parents to opt out of the state’s school vaccine requirements on religious grounds.