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Republicans pick up seats in West Virginia House and Senate, adding to supermajority
Three seats flipped, adding to the Republicans' stronghold in the State Legislature and further eroding Democrats' influence ...
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West Virginia voters approve a constitutional amendment to prohibit physician-assisted death
The amendment on the ballot during the November 2024 election placed the prohibition on the practice in the state’s ...
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Patrick Morrisey wins West Virginia governor’s race
After more than a decade as the state’s top lawyer, Morrisey has promised to audit every agency of the state government as ...
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Gov. Jim Justice wins West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race
West Virginia’s well-liked Republican Gov. Jim Justice has won a seat in the U.S. Senate. The Associated Press called the ...
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Mountain State Spotlight talked to voters in all 55 West Virginia counties. Here’s what we learned.
Back in July, we asked incumbent state Del. Marty Gearheart if he had anything to add to his answers to questions about community redevelopment, the high costs of medical insurance and homelessness.
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Here’s how votes are tallied and secured in West Virginia.
When West Virginians go to the polls today to cast ballots for their next U.S. Senator, Governor, state delegate, or county sheriff, their votes will be counted and protected, despite any fraud claims ...
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Trump’s proposals would harm West Virginia’s seniors, children and those living paycheck to paycheck. Here’s how.
Trump’s policies will likely hurt vulnerable West Virginians. The state already fails to meet their needs, and it would get worse.
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Q&A: House candidates Rick Hillenbrand and Amanda Vincent talk health care, broadband and affordable housing
Candidates running to represent a House of Delegates’ district that includes parts of Mineral and Hampshire counties answer questions about drugs, jobs and more. Click to print (Opens in new window) ...
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Q&A: House candidate Alyson Reeves talks health care, broadband and affordable housing
The Democratic candidate running to represent a House of Delegates district that includes Morgan and Hampshire counties answers questions about housing, jobs and more. Click to print (Opens in new ...
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For tens of thousands of West Virginians who need clean water, a $1 billion investment is a drop in the bucket
ROCKPORT — Kim Sargent keeps an eye on the weather. It’s how she decides when to do her laundry as most of the water that flows through Sargent’s home comes from the rainwater she collects. “If it ...