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With Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s first special session of 2025 likely to be focused on health care costs for public employees, lawmakers will have to contend with what to do about the Public Employees ...
Lance Wheeler has served as a commissioner on the Kanawha County Commission. Now, he feels like he’s ready to take on a larger role.
West Virginia’s senators voted in favor of legislation to claw back $9 billion in foreign aid and federal funding for public broadcasting.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Commissioner Lance Wheeler says he’ll run for State Senate in 2026.
A showdown could be possible between the West Virginia Board of Education and the Legislature over whether lawmakers have any ...
The most painful health care provisions in the new Republican law don’t take effect for years, giving lobbyists plenty of ...
Republicans in multiple states passed laws this year pushing institutions to ax academic programs that graduate few ...
In the latest change to federal land management, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced its intention to get rid of ...
I’ve occasionally talked in this space about being a college dropout. In the past I used to qualify that statement as being a “proud” college dropout, though as I prepare to turn 43 on Friday, I’m not ...
A new law went into effect on July 9 in West Virginia, and lawmakers intend to make it clear that the state has “zero tolerance” for child abuse. The law will create harsher penalties for individuals ...
Ten Republican senators in the US Senate have opposed President Donald Trump’s decision to withhold $7 billion in federal education grants, stating it contradicts his pledge to return education ...