By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“Childcare really just isn't a family issue anymore. It really is a workforce issue. It's a retention issue. It's a recruitment issue.” — Leeann Kaminsky, senior vice president and chief human resources officer at WVU Health System
Child care providers and families attended Child Care Day at the West Virginia Capitol Feb. 2, 2026, to advocate for legislation supporting the state’s struggling child care industry. (Photo by Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — West Virginia’s business leaders continue to beat the drum that the state is woefully short on affordable childcare spots. They say it is one of the reasons the state continues to have the nation’s worst workforce participation of a little more than 50%.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. (West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Lori Kersey
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Bill Wooten had a “medical incident” on the bench while the court was in session Wednesday, leading the court to cancel oral arguments for the day, a spokesman for the court said in a statement.
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A baby crawls on the carpet at the Alabama Birth Center in Huntsville, Alabama. In 14 states, the closure of the closest rural hospital or its obstetric unit would force Medicaid patients to drive an hour or more to get to another hospital that provides inpatient maternity care, a new study says. (Photo by Eric Schultz for the Alabama Reflector)
By Shalina Chatlani
In 14 states, the closure of the closest rural hospital or its obstetric unit would force many Medicaid patients to drive an hour or more to get to another hospital that provides inpatient maternity care, according to an analysis released this week.
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON— More than 20,000 unaccompanied immigrant youth remain at risk of losing their legal representation, one month after the Trump administration ended a federal contract with an organization that provided legal services to migrant children, advocates and attorneys said Tuesday.
By Ariana Figueroa
A federal judge in Maryland Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s second attempt to redefine birthright citizenship.
By Jacob Fischler
President Donald Trump’s executive order placing new restrictions on mail-in voting would assign state officials a Herculean task to reach compliance before the crucial midterm elections.
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