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CHARLESTON — West Virginians got their first glimpse at proposed legislative and congressional districts Thursday when lawmakers responsible for drawing the maps met at the state Capitol.

Members of the House and Senate’s respective committees will gather Thursday to begin considering maps put forth by each panel.

Ohio Valley ReSource A federal judge in West Virginia has issued a temporary restraining order to stop a new state law that would put strict restrictions on needle exchange programs. In a court filing issued Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert C. Chambers issued a temporary restraining order to block the implementation of Senate Bill 334. Gov. Jim Justice signed the measure into law in April, with an effective date set for July 9. The pending law doesn’t explicitly wipe out harm reducti...

Harsh New Restrictions in West Virginia Show Just How Fragile Needle Exchange Programs Can Be Courtesy of SOAR Joe Solomon is the co-director of SOAR, a syringe-exchange and harm-reduction services group in Charleston, the capital of largely poor and rural West Virginia. When I spoke to Solomon in late March, SOAR was handing out large supplies of clean needles to hundreds of injection drug users (IDUs), many of them experiencing poverty and homelessness, in a region long known for having an ov...

Ohio Valley ReSource This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit West Virginia’s drug overdose crisis is getting worse. But instead of working on legislation to address root causes and increase access to treatment and overdose reversal medication, West Virginia lawmakers spent the session focused on bills that experts and advocates say will make things worse for some of the most vulnerable West Virginians. “People a...

By CUNEYT DIL Associated Press Apr 10, 2021 1 hr ago CHARLESTON — West Virginia lawmakers approved a $4.5 billion budget on Saturday that leaves the state’s two top universities with a combined $28 million cut, unless future surpluses can kick in to cover it. The 23-11 vote in the Senate came on the final day of the 60-day legislative session, during which a Republican supermajority fell short on its top priority of cutting the state’s income tax. The budget bill will...

Legislature passes budget on Day 60, with questions about higher ed funding By Senate Finance Chairman Eric Tarr leads a discussion on the floor. (Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography) On the final day of the regular legislative session, lawmakers completed work on the budget bill. The House of Delegates passed the budget bill on Friday evening. The Senate then followed suit this afternoon. The bill trims millions of dollars from what Gov. Jim Justice first proposed, even though t...

CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Legislature completed work on the 2021 legislative session Saturday night, gaveling out at midnight after 60 days operating und

Today Evening clouds will give way to clearing overnight. Low 53F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.. Tonight Evening clouds will give way to clearing overnight. Low 53F. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph. Updated: April 10, 2021 @ 9:12 pm

For The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice vowed to keep fighting for a compromise personal income tax plan between himself and the West Virginia Senate, while the House of Delegates opted to table the plan. The House voted unanimously against a motion to concur with the Senate’s changes to House Bill 3300, the personal income tax compromise bill developed by the Governor and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam. Vote came after Justice held a briefing earlier F...