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CHARLESTON — With parts of West Virginia still cleaning up from last week’s high winds, tornados, and flooding with more storms on the way Thursday, Gov. Ji

Across West Virginia, it’s already hard for many people to access health care. And unless state lawmakers change the budget they passed last month, it’s about to get even more

CHARLESTON — With parts of West Virginia still cleaning up from last week’s high winds, tornados, and flooding with more storms on the way Thursday, Gov. Ji

Gov. Jim Justice said the opinions of some legislative leaders that he can use some of the $85 million Civil Contingency Fund for emergency relief are wrong. Those leaders say otherwise.

CHARLESTON – With parts of West Virginia still cleaning up from last week’s high winds, tornados, and flooding with more storms on the way Thursday, Gov. Jim Justice said he will add a bill to a possible May special session for emergency flood relief funding. Speaking Wednesday during his weekly administration briefing at the State […]

Mary White passed away. This is the full obituary where you can share condolences and memories. Published in the Gloucester Times on 2024-04-04.

By connecting people with disabilities with resources like home health care workers and financial support, the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD) Waiver program allows people with disabilities to live outside

In the final hours of the 2024 regular legislative session, lawmakers passed a budget that cut funding for IDD waivers.

Gov. Jim Justice has signed into law, on March 27, 2024, legislation to remove a sunset provision on West Virginia gas and oil tax assessment methodology backed by the industry but unpopular with landowners and tax officials in gas-producing counties. The law, House Bill 4850, eliminates a sunset provision that was slated to go into effect July 1, 2025.

Under a new law, West Virginia’s maximum unemployment benefit rate will no longer adjust as inflation rises. Also, unemployed residents must prove they're seeking a job at least four times a week to receive benefits.