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This week on The Legislature Today, West Virginians weigh in on a controversial piece of legislation. As health reporter June Leffler reports, pro-life and pro-choice residents spoke on two abortion bills at a public hearing Monday in front of state lawmakers.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is praising a state Supreme Court decision upholding a lower court’s ruling that the state was legally entitled to opt out of additional federal unemployment benefit programs related to the coronavirus pandemic.
West Virginia’s unemployment rate continues to decline as the state, and the country, recover from the darkest days of the coronavirus pandemic.
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties in July. Pendleton County has the lowest seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate in the state at 2.7%, followed by Jefferson at 2.8% and Hampshire County at 3%, according to WorkForce West Virginia.