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The appointed watchdog of the West Virginia Foster Care System has resigned, effective June 6.

Jeremiah Samples has advised two branches of government about the state’s failure to protect some of its most vulnerable children. He says the problems persist.

RICHMOND, Virginia – A federal appeals court has ruled West Virginia and North Carolina’s refusal to cover some health care for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance is discriminatory.

The Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, upheld a lower court ruling Monday on a vote of 8 to 6 that the state’s Medicaid exclusion violated federal law.

CHARLESTON — The state board that oversees West Virginia Public Broadcasting and its educational and journalism programming could be weakened under legislatio

Recently, a class action lawsuit against the Department of Health and Human Resources for children’s rights related to the foster care system has taken a turn as attorneys battle for sanctions against the agency.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WV News) — The current West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources will cease to exist Jan. 1, and will be replaced with three new separate entities.

While state officials are bending over backward to protect themselves, rather than the children in their care, the former deputy secretary of the West Virginia

CHARLESTON — A federal magistrate judge has scheduled a hearing to consider a motion for sanctions against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over the deletion of

CHARLESTON — A federal magistrate judge has scheduled a hearing to consider a motion for sanctions against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Re