West Virginia State Legislature
ACLU in West Virginia sues House over open meetings law

Jun. 11, 2021 04:47 AM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia is seeking to void four laws that it claims were passed in violation of open...

W.Va. lawmakers approve using federal aid, spending on roads

By Cuneyt Dil Jun. 07, 2021 06:34 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia lawmakers Monday poured federal funds and extra state cash into road repairs, health care, and education programs such...

West Virginia lawmakers to begin special session next week

Jun. 04, 2021 08:48 AM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has called a special session of the Legislature aimed at allocating federal COVID-19 relief funding and...

WVa gov signs bill to give protection from COVID lawsuits

Mar. 23, 2021 12:49 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill that protects employers, health care providers and others from being sued due to the...

West Virginia state lawmaker tests positive for coronavirus

Mar. 21, 2021 02:58 PM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A member of the West Virginia House of Delegates has contracted the coronavirus and is under quarantine, a House leader said. ...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Mar. 17, 2021 06:57 AM EDT
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ March 16 The Herald-Dispatch on a possible...

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., left, and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, head to the chamber as the Senate steers toward a voting marathon on the Democrats' $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that's expected to end with the chamber's approval of the measure, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate Dems strike jobless aid deal, relief bill OK in sight

By Alan Fram Mar. 05, 2021 07:20 AM EST

West Virginia Governor Jim Justice applauds the West Virginia Supreme Court Justices during the State of the State Address in the House Chambers of the West Virginia State Capitol Building in Charleston, W.Va., on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chris Jackson)
Lawmakers begin tackling West Virginia budget proposal

Feb. 12, 2021 04:09 AM EST

West Virginia senators credit governor's pandemic response

By John Raby Feb. 02, 2021 06:23 PM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Leaders from both parties in the West Virginia Senate on Tuesday credited Republican Gov. Jim Justice for his handling of the...

West Virginia Republican state Del. Derrick Evans exits the Sidney L. Christie U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building after being arraigned, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, in Huntington, W.Va. Evans was charged with entering a restricted area after he livestreamed himself rushing into the Capitol with a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 6. (Sholten Singer/The Herald-Dispatch via AP)
State lawmaker charged after entering Capitol with rioters

By Cuneyt Dil Jan. 08, 2021 05:29 PM EST

Lawmaker being treated at hospital for coronavirus

Nov. 02, 2020 11:14 AM EST
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia lawmaker suffering from the coronavirus has been hospitalized. Delegate T. Kevan Bartlett, a...

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Oct. 07, 2020 01:02 PM EDT
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Oct. 7 The Journal on the census: ...

West Virginia House employee tests positive for coronavirus

Jul. 17, 2020 03:42 AM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia House of Delegates employee has tested positive for the coronavirus. The clerk's office was closed...

FILE - In this May 15, 2018 file photo, Richard Ojeda talks at a gym in Logan, W.Va. Ojeda, a former state senator, is running in the U.S. Senate primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)
Justice, Salango to face off in fall WVa governor's election

By John Raby Jun. 09, 2020 01:22 AM EDT

FILE - This Tuesday Feb. 10, 2015, file photo shows Dr. Ron Stollings, a West Virginia state senator, as he stands in the gallery of the state Senate chambers, at the Capitol in Charleston, W.Va. Stollings is participating in a Democratic debate in Bridgeport on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raby)
West Virginia Democrats face off in debate for governor

By Anthony Izaguirre May. 19, 2020 10:32 PM EDT

West Virginia Democrats to hold conventions online

May. 01, 2020 02:43 AM EDT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's Democratic Party will hold its county and state conventions online due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. ...