Our reporting has shown how easily people — some with questionable backgrounds — have founded their own private schools in barns, strip malls and other places. That led us to an experiment: If the hur...

West Virginia school officials shared a grim outlook for the state’s public schools on Tuesday, warning multiple counties could be headed to insolvency if lawmakers and the governor don’t address…

Berkeley County seeks meeting with state tax officials to resolve unanswered tax questions.

A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit alleging West Virginia foster kids are harmed by state system failures.

The New York City mayor has spent the beginning of his term delivering on one promise after another. The Virginia governor, meanwhile, has been busy vetoing progressive legislation.

The Department of Justice asserts that it needs unredacted voter registration lists to assess West Virginia’s compliance with the list-maintenance requirements of the National Voter Registration Act…

A panel of Ohio judges questioned the state's attorneys Tuesday about why taxpayers are footing the bill for private school tuition.

In separate lawsuits, former banquet server Maria Hadley and former clubhouse manager Justine Sacks describe Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster as hostile to female staffers.

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An ICE officer shot and killed a Minneapolis motorist, which federal officials claimed was an act of self-defense but the city’s mayor said was “reckless.”

The program to support rural health grew out of concerns that changes to Medicaid under the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” would undercut already fragile rural health systems.

A planned rule to set new silica exposure limits—and address Appalachia’s ongoing black lung crisis—has been under continued assault. Now, it looks like it's off the table.

He came to power through a relentless assault of lies. But the debt owed to the truth is coming due.

Labor Department data show President Donald Trump’s businesses applied to hire at least 184 foreign workers for seasonal jobs at golf courses, a winery and Mar–a-Lago.

Exchanges in Washington, D.C., and Virginia have stocked Trump-branded wine and cider, allowing his family’s business to earn revenue from sales on federal property.

Jamason Sparks, who owns eight West Virginia grocery stores, started giving out free meals through his Fed Before Bed West Virginia program on Nov. 3, 2025. He's already given out 8,000 to 10,000 meal...

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This one-time-only course examines U.S. history from 1776 to the present, in advance of the nation's semiquincentennial (or 250th birthday) in 2026. Taught j...

The payout to Trump and his family highlights how his private business dealings overlap with a presidency focused on turning America into the “crypto capital of the world.”

Last month, Amazon Prime Video made the baffling move to cancel The Wheel of Time, its sweeping epic fantasy series based on the books by Robert Jordan and Bran

NIOSH still faces challenges in fully supporting screening efforts -- contracting for chest X-rays, promoting events, and ensuring consistent funding.

“Shy around strangers but will warm up” It will take six months for your friends to even realize you have a cat. They thought your apartment just ...

West Virginia has had the highest drug overdose death rate in the nation.

The House’s independent ethics office can’t launch new investigations until its board is appointed—Democrats have named their appointees, and two Republicans are willing to return, but Speaker Johnson...

The president’s two oldest sons were granted 1 million shares in a little-known company headquartered in Trump Tower, after joining a low-profile advisory board with vague responsibilities.

U.S. District Judge Irene Berger has scheduled a hearing against Health and Human Services Secretary over federal cuts affecting NIOSH.

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Letting Dems in Disarray punditry frame how we understand actions taken to fight fascism robs those actions of the nonpartisan appeal of ethical and moral clarity.

Members of Congress visited CECOT for some torture tourism—and to prove loyalty to Trump.