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A reporter was dismissed after state officials complained — the latest instance of political pressure on the station from Gov. Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators.

Interviews with 20 people with direct knowledge of events at West Virginia Public Broadcasting indicate this is not an aberration but a years-long pattern.

A reporter was dismissed after state officials complained — the latest instance of political pressure on the station from Gov. Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators.

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate Health and Human Resources Committee on Thursday advanced a bill addressing issues in the embattled Public Employees Insurance Agency.

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice’s office has sat on most of the $28.3 million in remaining federal CARES Act money it transferred into a discretionary account in September after claiming

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Senate approved a tax-cut plan Wednesday that favors what senators are calling a more fiscally conservative and multi-faceted approach over the governor’s proposed 50% reduction

West Virginias GOP-dominated state Senate voted unanimously to cut the states personal income tax by 15%. West Virginia has one of the highest poverty rates in the country, but it

Gov. Jim Justice’s office claimed $28.3 million in state corrections money for COVID-related spending, saying the agency could be reimbursed with federal coronavirus relief money.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Republican Senate leaders have answered the call to dramatically slash the state income tax by proposing to shave 15% off the rate at a cost of about $600 million, or more than half the state's budget surplus.

The Senate gaveled back in right at 4 p.m. to discuss Senate Bill 424, which includes proposed tax cuts. The Senate suspended its own rules to advance the bill to third reading and complete action on the legislation.