The League of Women Voters of West Virginia and the Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia have joined others in backing the state school board’s challenge of Judge Froble’s ruling prohibiting schools from enforcing the state’s school vaccination requirements, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection tariff refund system went live Monday, marking what small business advocates call a “complex” first step for entrepreneurs to recoup $166 billion in import taxes accrued under President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will step down from her post, the Trump administration announced Monday, following multiple reports alleging work misconduct including misuse of funds and more, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
West Virginia has the most severe shortage of psychiatrists in the country, according to an analysis published last week, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
A controversial rule enacted last year that denies federal Medicaid funding to abortion providers is likely to expire this summer, despite anti-abortion pressure on Republicans to renew it, reports @sofiaresnick.bsky.social.
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum defended the Trump administration’s approach to energy production Monday, as Democrats on a U.S. House Appropriations panel accused the department of kowtowing to oil and gas interests at the expense of renewable energy, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
Voting rights groups launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration’s effort to sweep up sensitive data on millions of Americans, arguing that the U.S. DOJ is building a dangerous centralized national voter list ahead of the midterm elections, reports @jonshorman@bsky.social.
State lawmakers ended the session with no adjustments to the school funding formula, which has been tied to dire public school finances, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Republican leaders in Congress appeared to be on the same page Tuesday about how to fund immigration activities for the next three years as they released a party-line measure that will pave the way for a special process known as budget reconciliation, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
West Virginia Republican Party Chair Josh Holstein said the party is in no way trying to suppress voters after an election mailer drew criticism for its wording and a formal complaint from the state Democratic party, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
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The U.S. House on Thursday passed a measure that would extend Temporary Protected Status for Haiti for three years, in a rare rebuke by the GOP-led Congress to President Donald Trump’s mass deportation campaign, reports Shauneen Miranda.
As the midterms approach, Republican and Democratic election officials are split over a powerful federal computer program at the center of President Donald Trump’s quest to expose noncitizen voters and compile lists of voting-age Americans, reports @jonshorman@bsky.social.
Democrats on a U.S. House spending panel slammed President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to farm and nutrition programs Thursday, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pledged to collaborate with members of both parties to address their concerns, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
President Trump on Thursday said he will nominate Erica Schwartz, who served in the president’s first administration, to lead the CDC, a seat left vacant for months after his last director said she was ousted in a rift over childhood vaccine, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
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Red flag laws, once enjoyed support from across the political spectrum, including from President Trump and the NRA. Now, six states have prohibited enforcing the orders — and in some cases, prescribed fines or criminal charges for officials who try, reports Chip Brownlee for @thetrace.org.
Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly’s legal team is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a ruling that allows the former Navy captain to keep his retirement rank and pay while his First Amendment case against the Pentagon moves forward, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
The National Guard’s top general told Congress on Friday that it would follow the Constitution and the law when he was asked about the possibility President Donald Trump would order troops to polling places for the midterm elections, reports @jonshorman@bsky.social.
Members of the Republican supermajority announced multiple bills to update the school funding formula, including increasing funding for expensive special education services. When they gaveled out in March, none of those measures made it to the governor’s desk, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
The U.S. Forest Service’s plan to close scores of research stations could threaten the nation’s wildfire readiness, many foresters fear, and erode decades of work to understand timber production, soil health, pests and diseases, watersheds and wildlife, reports Alex Brown of @stateline.org.
Members of the West Virginia State Bar will consider a resolution next week to affirm the independence and integrity of the judiciary branch, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
The state Department of Human Services needs $175,000 in emergency funding to hire an outside company that can help address a backlog of delayed payments to vendors, including companies working with foster children, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
The state of West Virginia is asking a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit brought by a Charleston-based overdose prevention organization over the state’s moratorium on new methadone clinics, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
In the eight states that expanded Medicaid after 2018, the number of people receiving prescriptions for the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine increased dramatically, according to a paper that researchers will present next month, reports @chatlanis.bsky.social.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Tuesday he plans to use the complex reconciliation process to fund immigration enforcement for the next three years, though it wasn’t immediately clear if House Republicans were on the exact same page, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
The Department of Justice’s stated reason for obtaining sensitive personal data on millions of voters masks the Trump administration’s true intention for obtaining state voter lists, Michigan’s top election official asserted in federal appeals court Monday, reports @jonshorman@bsky.social.
As states enact stricter work requirements for the federal food stamp program, a new analysis suggests those requirements won’t enhance employment and will push more people off of food assistance, reports Kevin Hardy of @stateline.org.
