Gov. Jim Justice was characteristically blunt in his reaction to a lawsuit filed by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee over his calendar, calling the move “dirty, no-good politics” during his weekly virtual briefing.
Gov. Jim Justice announced Wednesday the Cabinet secretaries to lead the three new agencies created by the separation of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., this week said there is merit to the idea of a third political party and indicated he will continue to be involved in the movement to find a middle ground in American politics.
A forum taking place Tuesday and Wednesday in Charleston is highlighting the federal support available to West Virginia’s rural communities through the Rural Partners Network established last year.
The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Jim Justice’s office, demanding the release of records related to his official schedule.
A federal court has ruled Gov. Jim Justice’s family coal companies are liable for nearly six years of unpaid premiums under a union retiree health benefit plan.
The 2024 U.S. Senate race in West Virginia is gearing up to be a highly competitive battle, with the seat considered by many pundits to be the most likely in the chamber to switch party control.
West Virginia corrections officials were eager to call attention to severe staffing shortages throughout their facilities in a state legislative committee meeting in which other items were on the agenda.
So far in 2023, the West Virginia Legislature is 0-4 in attempts to give the state’s corrections personnel a pay increase.
Federal permitting officials and researchers have flagged insufficient agency capacity as a main driver of project permitting delays.
Coal companies controlled by Gov. Jim Justice’s family again are hundreds of thousands of dollars in arrears in their commitment to pay off mine safety fine debt, federal attorneys said in a court filing Wednesday.
Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday said he hasn’t done an “about-face” on the subject of COVID-19 vaccinations, despite a comment he made last week that the unvaccinated may be “the group that is the safest and the healthiest.”
A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates has resigned to accept a private-sector position at American Electric Power.
Companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family are disputing a Virginia bank’s attempt to collect more than $300 million in unpaid debt.
Former West Virginia state senator Billy Wayne Bailey Jr. has died.
Joe Manchin didn’t mince his words on federal regulators’ newly proposed carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Now that computers have advanced to the point of being able to mimic human intelligence and decision-making ability, they’re doing all sorts of things.
A legislative committee chaired by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., heard calls to ease the permitting process for energy and mineral projects from both its chairman and energy and labor representatives at a hearing Thursday.
West Virginians now should be seeing the first effects of the tax cuts passed during the 2023 legislative session.
Legislators heard about the successes and failures of West Virginia’s drug courts Tuesday from someone who has worked with the program since its inception.
The staffing shortage in West Virginia’s jail and prison system was at the front of discussion again Monday during interim legislative committee meetings at Marshall University.
The state’s independent pharmacies are heading toward an “access cliff,” pushed toward the edge by poor reimbursement rates paid by pharmacy benefit managers, according to testimony Sunday during interim legislative committee meetings at Marshall University.
A popular mayor seeking his fifth term in office, challenged by a previous city government official, promises to be the highest-profile race in South Charleston June 6.
Lawmakers advanced a working copy of a bill to increase funding for West Virginia volunteer fire departments and emergency medical services Sunday during interim legislative committee meetings at Marshall University.
Gov. Jim Justice has signed into law two bills that will lower political contribution transparency in state elections.
The finance board of the West Virginia Public Employee Insurance Agency approved a coverage plan Thursday to meet the requirements of Senate Bill 268.
Gov. Jim Justice responded this week to a bank’s legal effort to garnish his gubernatorial wages.
A protester who shouted at lawmakers as they debated the state’s abortion ban last year pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct Wednesday in Kanawha County Magistrate Court.
Two West Virginia State Police administrators have been demoted as investigations continue into widespread misconduct within the top ranks of the agency.
Gov. Jim Justice has signed off on legislation that will change the regulatory requirements for hospitals seeking to expand services.
A bank has taken legal action to garnish the wages of Gov. Jim Justice to pay off an $850,000 civil judgment against one of his coal interests.
West Virginians with policies through the Public Employee Insurance Agency are concerned about the coverage options being presented, now that the Legislature has approved a bill to fix the agency.
Dawn Cottingham-Frohna will serve as commissioner for the state Bureau for Behavioral Health, the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources announced Monday.
Gov. Jim Justice signed off on four coal industry-backed bills at Appalachian Power’s coal-fired John Amos Power Plant in Putnam County Wednesday.
The newly appointed interim superintendent of the West Virginia State Police said Wednesday that he plans to address alleged misconduct in the agency from the top down.
The Governor’s Office released surveillance footage Tuesday from a casino that allegedly shows an off-duty West Virginia State Police trooper stealing money that was left behind by another person.
Four West Virginia education bills, including a version of the Third Grade Success Act, were signed into law on Tuesday by Gov. Jim Justice.
The Charleston City Council approved a $112 million budget Monday that includes the first step in a multi-year plan to raise the minimum wage for city employees to $15 per hour.
The head of the West Virginia Senate’s finance panel has asked a U.S. Treasury Department watchdog agency to review whether Gov. Jim Justice “grossly misappropriated” $28.3 million in federal COVID relief dollars.
The superintendent of the West Virginia State Police resigned Monday amid investigations into alleged misconduct at the highest levels of the department.
Two Kanawha County health care providers are at odds over legislation that would change the regulatory process for hospitals seeking to expand services and what it could mean for their organizations.
The state budget, a pay raise for government employees and a fix for the Public Employees Insurance Agency were among four bills signed into law Friday by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice.
Researchers at a United States Department of Energy national laboratory have found that two landmark climate and sustainable energy laws enacted since 2021 could double the nation’s share of clean electricity by 2030.
Gov. Jim Justice said this week that he might call a special session of the West Virginia Legislature to address a staffing crisis in the state’s jails and prisons.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday his family is looking to sell coal assets to shed debt.
Results from a state Department of Homeland Security investigation of the West Virginia State Police could be returned as early as this week, Gov. Jim Justice said Wednesday.
Lawmakers during the legislative session approved a bill that would make it a felony for a teacher or staff member to be involved in a sexual relationship with a student, regardless of age, but did not take up a bill that would have expanded state law to better cover sexual extortion.
Gov. Jim Justice signed two bills Thursday relating to retirement benefits for West Virginia public employees.
Major bills came down to the wire Saturday as the 86th West Virginia Legislature drew to a close in Charleston.
