By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“Leadership has not paid attention to kitchen table issues and the things that matter most to people’s pocketbooks. We need to have accountability and focus towards the issues West Virginians care about, and I hope the next Senate president will take that to heart.” — Sen. Joey Garcia, D-Marion
Senate President Randy Smith, shown March 10, 2026 in the Senate chambers in Charleston, West Virginia, says he will seek another term in the powerful position. (Photo by Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Three weeks ahead of Election Day, a political action committee linked to Senate President Randy Smith is spending big opposing two Democratic candidates who could knock off two Republican members of “Team Randy.”
A Flock Safety license plate-reading camera is seen at Colfax Avenue and Franklin Street in Denver, Colorado, on Aug. 5, 2025. (Photo by Quentin Young/Colorado Newsline)
By Lori Kersey
Still unsatisfied with written answers to their questions of Flock Safety, West Virginia lawmakers have requested to hear from the company in person again during an upcoming meeting.
House Minority Leader Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, speaks on the House of Delegates floor on Jan. 27, 2026. (Photo by Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
West Virginia House Democrats are again asking Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Republican lawmakers to address high gas prices by suspending the state’s gas tax.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey speaks to an audience in Bluefield, West Virginia, about the Rural Health Transformation Program in November 2025. (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia Office of Gov. Patrick Morrisey)
By Lori Kersey
The state of West Virginia is distributing more than $2 million in federal Rural Health Transformation program funds to community health centers in the state, Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced Tuesday.
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A sign outside a hospital’s maternal-fetal medicine department sets aside parking for patients. A new study suggests that giving “labor guides” to pregnant women helps combat misinformation that an increasing number of patients are getting from social media or artificial intelligence. (Photo by Kelcie Moseley-Morris/Stateline)
By Sofia Resnick
Providing “labor guides” to pregnant women helps combat misinformation that an increasing number of patients are getting from social media or artificial intelligence, according to a recent study.
By Jonathan Shorman
Three weeks before Election Day, the Trump administration’s sprawling project to send sensitive personal information on millions of voters to the Department of Homeland Security has been declared illegal by a federal judge.
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — As partisan tensions rise in advance of the fast-approaching midterm elections, students will test their knowledge Wednesday in a field that’s long enjoyed bipartisan support: civics.
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