By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“What I learned is how important that $200 actually is. That’s two or three outfits for a kid to go to school in. The need is there beyond me.” — Barboursville Mayor Chris Tatum on the school clothing allowance program
People look at back to school clothes at a Target store on August 13, 2026 in Downtown Brooklyn in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
More than 54,000 children have received school clothing allowance funds as of Monday while the Morrisey administration continues to vet applications during the school year. In a new twist in the administration's handling of the program, some low-income children who didn’t apply for the money have now received the back-to-school financial assistance.
The West Virginia House of Delegates chamber. (Photo by Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Caity Coyne
Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday appointed William “Bill” Vest of Oak Hill, West Virginia, to fill the House of Delegates seat previously held by Del. Elliott Pritt, who was indicted last week on three federal charges, including the alleged sexual exploitation of a child.
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Derrick Clark, 51, stands in front of the Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center in Jackson, Mississippi, on June 6, 2026. Over the past few years, Clark and many other diabetes patients in Mississippi were getting regular care through subsidized Affordable Care Act health insurance plans. But Congress allowed so-called federal enhanced subsidies to expire at the end of last year, forcing Clark and more than 200,000 other Mississippians to give up their coverage. (Photo by Shalina Chatlani/Stateline)
By Shalina Chatlani
As is the case with many chronic diseases, the worst consequences of diabetes — such as blindness and amputations — can be prevented with routine care.
But Congress allowed the so-called enhanced subsidies to expire at the end of last year. Now the number of diabetic Mississippians without insurance, and thus regular care, is once again on the rise: According to state data, enrollment in ACA plans has fallen by nearly two-thirds in just eight months. The medical and financial consequences could be dire.
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a procedural victory to President Donald Trump on an executive order to curb mail-in voting, but the administration is still fighting a separate ruling that limits a portion of the order and remains in effect — complicating the administration’s temporary win.
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