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As officials buy up properties to make way for planned growth, Mason County residents say they feel pressured and shortchanged
Henderson residents face relocation as county development officials look to buy properties and redevelop the area.
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Days before West Virginia’s latest devastating storm, Morrisey budgeted no money for the state’s flood protection fund
Morrisey offered no money in his budget for a special trust to fund flood mitigation projects that has sat empty since it was ...
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West Virginians need child care so they can go to work. Lawmakers haven’t done much but have another chance.
Business advocates have pushed for lawmakers to address gaps in child care as they’ve worked to close barriers keeping West ...
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Fixes to West Virginia’s foster care system proposed by lawmakers are only ‘tweaking around the edges’
WV leads the nation in foster care home removals. Lawmakers have known of problems for years but concede they haven’t fixed ...
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A tech future powered by coal: Five takeaways from Gov. Morrisey’s State of the State address
Gov. Morrisey said he would close a $400 million state budget gap, cut taxes, work with Trump and power new tech industries ...
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Morrisey says his budget would fully fund essential services. But there’s plenty of need going unfunded.
While the proposal maintains current funding levels, there is no money for hundreds of millions of dollars of needs ...
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Trump’s halt on federal spending could cost West Virginia millions to clean up hazardous orphaned gas wells
The state could receive around $212 million to plug abandoned wells. But Trump's funding freeze could threaten nearly $90 million.
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Republican-dominated House of Delegates does away with public hearings
New House rules approved Wednesday removed public hearings in the process, opting instead for public comment the first day a bill is considered in committee.
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Broadband task force weakens recommendations meant to speed up $1 billion internet expansion
A state task force to fix pole attachment issues — a crucial issue endangering West Virginia’s $1.2 billion broadband expansion — watered down its final report, in part due to objections from utility ...