West Virginia's capital moved back and forth from Wheeling to Charleston several times before Charleston became the permanent capital city in 1885. Tour guide Alexander Griffith explained the history ...

Every state has a capitol that houses its state legislature. Many are domed buildings similar to the US Capitol, but others ...

With 2025 more than halfway done and a new fiscal year starting earlier this week, members of the House Democratic caucus ...

The House Foreign Affairs Committee heard testimony on security risks as the U.S. remains 100% import reliant on nearly a quarter of 50 critical minerals dominated by China.

A state of emergency is in effect in West Virginia. The death toll climbed to eight on Wednesday from the devastating flash flooding in West Virginia, the governor said, as the heavy rain threat ...

One group is betting the state’s blend of libertarianism and progressivism can be packaged to appeal to voters who have drifted toward Trump over the past few cycles.

Mississippi State University From research to public service Mississippi State University's building of an expansive political ... of the agencies that administer them. For example, West Virginia ...

Asylum ruling: President Trump does not have the power to categorically stop asylum seekers at the southern border, a federal ...

Planning a cross-country road trip? Bookmark this list of the top U.S. attractions, state by state. The United States of attractions Did you know the United States is the third largest country in the ...

Depositing congressional papers in states and districts, to be cared for by professional archivists and librarians, extends ...

West Virginia became a state in 1863. West Virginia State Museum director Charles Morris provided a tour of the museum's exhibits that tell the story of early settlement in the area, how West Virginia ...

That’s what many locals and residents came out to do on Friday as the state’s Culture Center celebrated West Virginia’s 162nd birthday. West Virginia became a state on June 20th, 1863, after ...