By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“If Morrisey is being mentioned in this race a lot or anything, I think especially with the amount of undecideds and how much they hate the governor, that that could be something.” — Chaz Nuttycombe, executive director of State Navigate
Gov. Patrick Morrisey gives his State of the State address in the West Virginia Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia, on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (Photo by Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Election polling time is hot, and while Gov. Patrick Morrisey isn’t on the ballot this year, numbers in some key Senate districts reveal the governor is underwater in popularity.
Patients line the sidewalk outside West Virginia Health Right during #WeCareWV Day 2024. More than 500 people got free medical, vision and dental care during the popup clinic. (Photo courtesy of 84 Agency)
By Lori Kersey
A free and charitable clinic in Charleston, West Virginia, will offer a full day of medical, dental and vision care to the public this month at no cost and with no income restrictions.
A nurse administers a vaccine dose at the Ellis R. Shipp Public Health Center in West Valley City on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026. (Photo by Spenser Heaps for Utah News Dispatch)
By Lori Kersey
The West Virginia Supreme of Appeals will hear oral arguments in a court case that may decide the future of the state’s school strict vaccine requirements.
NATIONAL
A collection of signs advertising cash for homes is shown earlier this month at an event in Kansas City, Missouri, celebrating a new state law regulating real estate wholesalers. Critics say these businesses can be predatory, especially for poor, minority and older homeowners. (Photo by Kevin Hardy/Stateline)
By Kevin Hardy
WE BUY HOUSES. CASH 4 HOMES. FA$T CA$H.
The signs, text messages and mailers promise cash, quick sales and a seamless means of unloading unwanted homes.
But advocates say the business of buying homes for cash can confuse vulnerable homeowners and rob them of home equity. And now, many states are cracking down.
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — Democrats expect they’ll gain a majority of seats in the U.S. House following November’s midterm elections, giving the party a platform to serve as a check on the president’s power. Text
By Jonathan Shorman
President Donald Trump wants to sharply curtail mail ballots. He’s called them “inherently corrupt” and baselessly condemned them as a major source of fraud.
COMMENTARY
Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks at a news conference about foster care on May 28, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia Office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey)
By Leann Ray
Gov. Patrick Morrisey bragged a lot about how transparent he was with the press when he first took office. He’d take questions from reporters at in-person news conferences, which felt like an improvement after Gov. Jim Justice, who only did virtual press conferences and didn’t allow follow up questions from the few reporters he took questions from. But that really is the bare minimum. The government should answer to the people and the press.
ICYMI
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