Jan 28, 2025 · An independent, civic news organization telling stories of importance to West Virginians about the issues and challenges facing their communities.

Dec 19, 2024 · In 2021 Mountain State Spotlight and ProPublica detailed how majority-Black communities across the country, like Institute in West Virginia, were saddled with a disproportionate health burden from industrial pollution. A ProPublica analysis found that Institute faces an increased cancer risk from industrial air pollution at 36 …

17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate are up for election. Senators serve four-year terms in the upper chamber of the Legislature. Results go live after polls close at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 5.

Mountain State Spotlight is your home for elections reporting that is less about 30-second campaign spots and horse race polls — and more about you, your family and your community. During the 2024 election season, we’ve been reporting from across the state, telling important stories about the issues that our communities face and providing West […]

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Nov 6, 2024 · The practice was already not legal in West Virginia. When the Republican-led West Virginia Legislature, with mainly Republican support, voted during the legislative session earlier this year to put the proposed amendment on the ballot, it was attempting to use its power to make big changes to state law.

Jan 8, 2025 · The original agreement set a goal of reducing the number of kids in group homes and treatment facilities to 822 by the end of 2022. DoHS met that goal, and set a more ambitious one of putting no more than 712 kids in these types of homes by the end of 2024. But though the number fluctuates slightly month to month, the yearly average has instead increased since 2022, according to the monthly ...

Jul 23, 2024 · Over the last decade, West Virginia delegates and senators have argued about and modified the state’s marijuana laws. Although lawmakers legalized the drug for medical purposes in 2017, the debate over how to regulate it has continued, with politicians proposing different bills that could make marijuana possession either more or less punishable by the courts.

Jan 30, 2025 · Foster kids who are trying to reform West Virginia’s troubled child welfare system will have to wait longer for their day in court. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin postponed the trial for the more than 5-year-old case until May 6.

Oct 29, 2024 · Williams, on the other hand, said he would find ways to build consensus. When asked how he would fix PEIA as state employees face another year with large premium increases, Williams said he would fund it for the first year, then bring an assortment of parties together to figure out a long-term solution.