“We appropriated the funding requested by the governor for the school clothing allowance from TANF funds, so it is difficult to understand why families experienced weeks of delays only to see the program close after one week,” Del. Evan Worrell, R-Cabell, chair of the House Health Committee.
West Virginia's school clothing assistance program isn’t accepting anymore applications due to running out of funds, according to the state Bureau of Family Assistance. (Stock photo by Thanasis/Getty Images)
By Amelia Ferrell Knisely
West Virginia’s school clothing assistance program isn’t accepting anymore applications due to running out of funds, according to the state Bureau of Family Assistance. The application window was open for a total of seven days.
The program provides eligible families vouchers to shop for shirts, pants, shoes, coats and more before school starts. In the past, more than 80,000 children statewide have used the clothing allowance.
A look inside the Mt. Storm Power Station, a coal-fired power plant in Grant County that could be combined with a newly proposed natural gas plant owned by Virginia-based Dominion Energy. (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office via Facebook)
By Caity Coyne
Dominion Energy, a Virginia-based company, is proposing to construct a new natural gas-fired power plant in Grant County, which would be connected to the existing coal-fired plant near Mt. Storm, according to a Tuesday news release from Gov. Patrick Morrisey.
David Hearn, of Bethesda, Maryland, is charged with destruction of property of more than $1,000 for allegedly vandalizing the newly refinished Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on June 19, 2026. Shown is construction at the Reflecting Pool in Washington, D.C., on May 5, 2026. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)
By Jennifer Shutt
WASHINGTON — Attorneys representing the former Olympic canoeist charged with damaging part of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have asked the judge in the case to release more information from the grand jury.
By Ariana Figueroa
WASHINGTON — Federal asylum officers can deny interviews to asylum seekers and send them immediately to an immigration judge, speeding up deportation proceedings, under a rule U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published Tuesday.
By David Lightman
WASHINGTON — Suddenly there’s evidence that noncitizens were on voting rolls in New Jersey, and there are new questions about the credibility of Alaska’s voter data. Republicans say that’s a big deal and an important boost for their so-far stuck election integrity drive.
By Amelia Twyman
WASHINGTON — A proposed federal commission on artificial intelligence ethics could help address moral questions associated with the rapidly developing technology, but there are still some areas in which they believe the proposal falls short, experts say.
ICYMI
Pritt resigns from WV House after arrest, appears in federal court | Amelia Ferrell Knisely and Lori Kersey
WV Republican Party moves to disavow Pritt after arrest; first time in state’s party history | Amelia Ferrell Knisely
Administration asks US Supreme Court to uphold sweeping Trump order restricting vote-by-mail | Jacob Fischler
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