By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
“I don’t have any idea what the policy of the administration was. I tried to find out.” — Dr. Stephen Loyd, who has resigned as West Virginia’s drug czar
Dr. Stephen Loyd speaks to lawmakers at the State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia, in August 2026 while serving as the director of the state’s Office of Drug Control Policy. (Photo by Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Lori Kersey and Amelia Ferrell Knisely
West Virginia Drug Czar Dr. Stephen Loyd has resigned from his role after about two years on the job, he confirmed to West Virginia Watch Tuesday.
The West Virginia State Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia. (Photo by Perry Bennett/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Advocates for West Virginia children with autism are calling on state officials to address a significant shortage of behavioral therapists who provide services.
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Fourth graders sit at their classroom tables in Oklahoma City. A new government watchdog report raises concerns about oversight of education spending and absenteeism data. (Photo by Nuria Martinez-Keel/Oklahoma Voice)
By Robbie Sequeira
The U.S. Department of Education’s suspension this year of a comprehensive monitoring process puts billions of K-12 dollars at heightened risk of undetected waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new report by the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office.
By Shauneen Miranda
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan measure to overhaul the college sports landscape got a step closer to becoming law Monday after passing the U.S. Senate.
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Small businesses will once again challenge President Donald Trump’s tariffs in federal court this week as they continue to feel the squeeze of the administration’s roller coaster policy on import taxes.
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — The three news organizations that President Donald Trump barred from entering the White House grounds earlier this month have asked a federal judge to ensure their reporters continue to have access after a temporary restraining order expires in early October.
By Ashley Murray
WASHINGTON — Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration must spend the $810 million that it said last week it planned to cancel, according to a report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office.
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday granted, for now, the Trump administration’s request to continue rapid third-country deportation of immigrants to countries not their own.
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON — Most judges on a federal appeals court seemed inclined during oral arguments Tuesday to allow a federal judge to continue investigating Trump officials for possible criminal contempt-of-court charges for defying a judicial order by sending more than 100 Venezuelan men to a brutal Salvadoran prison last year.
By Jonathan Shorman
President Donald Trump is tapping $20 million in Homeland Security funding to pay for TV ads that heavily feature him ahead of the midterm elections, Democrats said Tuesday as the promos critics call propaganda come under bipartisan attack.
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