By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“There’s still, to this day, so much misinformation circulating about reproductive healthcare, and our responsibility for being a trusted partner for 50 years in West Virginia as a healthcare provider is to make sure patients can access accurate information and compassionate care.” — Danielle Maness, a provider and clinician at the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia
The Women’s Health Center of West Virginia and Shout Your Abortion have placed billboards in Beckley and Huntington as part of their new ad campaign to let residents know they can still access abortion pills. This billboard is on Interstate 77 in Beckley. (Photo courtesy of the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia and Shout Your Abortion)
By Lori Kersey
A Charleston women’s clinic has launched an ad campaign letting West Virginia residents know that despite the state’s near total ban on abortion, they still have options.
NATIONAL
Missouri Republican state Rep. Cecelie Williams, flanked by Republican Gov. Mike Kehoe and Democratic state Rep. Raychel Proudie, speaks in April about legislation that clarifies the right to divorce while pregnant. In recent decades, most of the states that have tweaked their divorce laws have made it easier, not harder, to get one. But that may be changing. (Photo by Steph Quinn/Missouri Independent)
By Anna Claire Vollers
In recent years, more conservatives have turned to divorce as a “family values” talking point, with some pushing to make it harder for couples to divorce. By doing so, they’ve relaunched a national conversation that would have been nearly unthinkable just a few years ago.
By Jennifer Shutt
President Donald Trump and Republicans wrapped up their two-day midterm convention in Dallas, Texas, on Thursday night, urging voters to ensure the party has another two years with unified control of government.Text
By Shauneen Miranda
Vice President JD Vance took to the GOP convention stage in Dallas on Thursday in what served as a re-introduction ahead of a widely anticipated run for the party’s presidential nomination in 2028.
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump tried to maintain power following his loss in the 2020 election by exerting pressure on state election officials to, in some cases, “find” the votes.
By Ashley Murray, Shalina Chatlani, Shauneen Miranda and Ariana Figueroa
Powerful U.S. officials past and present faced families, survivors and first responders Friday at ceremonies to honor the 25th anniversary of the day 2,977 Americans died in terrorist attacks in Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania.
By Jacob Fischler
President Donald Trump has, at times, justified his campaign against mail-in voting in explicitly partisan terms, claiming Republicans’ electoral chances hinge on whether the practice is allowed.
COMMENTARY
As of June, there were 32,792 unemployed adults in West Virginia. (Stock photo by Catherine McQueen via Getty Images)
By Jack Bernard
Recently, I have seen various studies which have analyzed West Virginia as to employment and healthcare. I am interested in both areas.
ICYMI
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