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"I just feel like we're so regressed in our opinions and our views. In regards to African Americans, we tend to get pushed aside," said Veronica Bunch, an advocate for the bill's passage.

Following hours of closed door back-and-forths, the West Virginia Legislature on Saturday approved 5% pay raises for school employees and other state workers, as well as the phase out of

Another flat budget shorts urgent needs, but does include pay raises amid uncertainty about money the state may owe the federal government.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice’s administration has been characterized by flat budgets and record surpluses that helped cut the state’s income tax last year.

It may have gotten lost in the shuffle amid all the “what in the world is going on in Charleston?” but lawmakers got something right a few days ago when

On Feb. 28, 2024, the West Virginia Senate passed Senate Bill 618, which would regulate forest carbon offset agreements at a Division of Forestry-estimated cost of millions to the state. The fate of Senate Bill 822, a bill aimed at restricting carbon offset agreements, was uncertain as of press time Wednesday.

It may have gotten lost in the shuffle amid all the “what in the world is going on in Charleston?” but lawmakers got something right a few days ago when