U.S. appeals court agrees to block central part of new Title IX gender rules for schools
‘A victory for common sense itself,’ says Kentucky Attorney General Coleman
By McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern - July 18, 2024
‘A victory for common sense itself,’ says Kentucky Attorney General Coleman
By McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern - July 18, 2024
Currently only 18% of top House staffers are people of color.
By Oliver Willis - August 03, 2023
One former regulator called the lack of protection from silica-related illnesses 'stunning' and one of the most 'catastrophic' occupational health failures in U.S. history.
By Associated Press - July 24, 2023
The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule could help prevent 600 million metric tons of pollution.
By Oliver Willis - June 13, 2023
The ad was produced by the tax-exempt group One Nation, which has received millions of dollars from fossil fuel companies in recent years.
By Josh Israel - April 19, 2023
A bill banning gender-affirming hormone therapy and other life-saving treatment for transgender youth is working its way through the state Legislature.
By Associated Press - March 11, 2023
Despite polls showing popular support for the economic legislation passed last year, Rep. Andy Ogles and over 20 Republicans are seeking to reverse it completely.
By Josh Israel - March 03, 2023
Rep. Alex Mooney, originally from Maryland, received more campaign cash from his home state than residents of the state he hopes to represent.
By Emily Singer - February 02, 2023
Both Gov. Jim Justice and Rep. Alex Mooney opposed the historic climate and health care legislation that is providing funding for energy projects in West Virginia.
By Josh Israel - January 24, 2023
‘I am in awe. The revolution has started. The revolution has started!’ Derrick Evans said in a cell phone video taken at the U.S. Capitol.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2022
An analysis by the Urban Institute estimated that extending the credit as developed by the Biden administration would cut child poverty by 40%.
By Associated Press - January 16, 2022
Some of the ‘West Virginia citizens’ in a U.S. Chamber of Commerce ad thanking Sen. Joe Manchin for opposing the bill are not just constituents.
By Josh Israel - December 17, 2021
The poll also found overwhelming support for the bill’s other provisions.
By Josh Israel - December 01, 2021
‘Thanks to these monthly payments, every member of my family is able to get enough to eat.’
By Stormy Johnson - October 13, 2021
The Office of Congressional Ethics determined Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) likely broke campaign finance rules.
By Josh Israel - August 25, 2021
Public health officials say the efforts are crucial to reach people who haven’t been immunized yet.
By Associated Press - May 01, 2021
While lawmakers debate their rights in statehouses across the nation, trans youth refused to be left out of the conversation.
By Casey Quinlan - April 16, 2021
A bill introduced in the Legislature would also prevent social media companies from banning users who violate their rules.
By Oliver Willis - April 06, 2021
Many of the old wells and mines are located in rural communities that have been hard-hit by the pandemic.
By Associated Press - April 03, 2021
States don’t have enough vaccine doses as a result of purchasing failures by the Trump administration.
By Oliver Willis - February 03, 2021
The governor of the overwhelmingly Republican state wants to work with the Biden administration.
By Oliver Willis - February 01, 2021
EPA scientists have estimated exposure at current limits causes the early deaths of tens of thousands of Americans annually.
By Associated Press - December 08, 2020
Also: Pet adoptions are skyrocketing, and a group of high school students in New Hampshire released a video encouraging everyone to stay home.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 27, 2020
Gov. Jim Justice invited any Virginia county upset about their state’s new Democratic majority to join up with its conservative neighbor.
By Oliver Willis - January 28, 2020
Rep. Alex Mooney (R-WV) omitted that the Trump administration has been actively trying to avoid any compliance with subpoenas.
By Josh Israel - November 22, 2019
Even after Trump personally targeted him for removal, West Virginia voters re-elected Sen. Democrat Joe Manchin.
By Oliver Willis - November 06, 2018
Republicans are now scrambling to save a House seat in West Virginia.
By Eric Boehlert - July 24, 2018
Republicans are struggling in a West Virginia district they won by 50 points in 2016.
By Eric Boehlert - June 21, 2018
Don Blankenship can’t stop saying racist things.
By Matthew Chapman - May 04, 2018
Convicted criminal and GOP Senate candidate Don Blankenship insisted that his blatantly racist slur against Asians was definitely not racist.
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