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Clothes don’t really make the man, they only cover him

By Leann Ray - September 26, 2023

A red brick building with a clock tower in the center sit behind a gold sign that says "home" with the "o" replaced with West Virginia University's Flying WV logo.

WVU cites ‘expensive’ tuition waivers as justification for program cuts 

By Amelia Ferrell Knisely - September 26, 2023

Government sending four free at-home COVID tests to households nationwide

By Caity Coyne - September 25, 2023

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Food benefits for low income families at risk in a government shutdown, White House says

BY Ariana Figueroa - September 26, 2023

Most states have yet to permanently fund 988. Call centers want certainty.

BY Christina Saint Louis, KFF Health News - September 26, 2023

As national eyes turn to HIV in WV, experts urge hope as advocates lament lack of clean syringes

BY Caity Coyne - September 25, 2023

Medicaid unwinding: WV among 30 states not complying with federal requirements 

BY Lori Kersey - September 25, 2023

Anti-democratic moves by state lawmakers raise fears for 2024 election

BY Zachary Roth - September 25, 2023

Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday to support striking UAW workers

BY Susan J. Demas, Michigan Advance - September 22, 2023

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Up in smoke: WV squandered tobacco settlement funding. Now’s the time to bring it back. 

BY Kelli Caseman and Diana Davidson - September 21, 2023

Mothman Festival brings thousands of cryptid fans to West Virginia

BY Leann Ray - September 19, 2023

Looking at why voting in West Virginia is so important on Democracy Day

BY Leann Ray - September 15, 2023

WV State Board of Education should clarify signs supporting LGBTQ+ students are not political

BY Eli Baumwell - September 15, 2023

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Briefs

West Virginia among states arresting and punishing pregnant women 

BY Amelia Ferrell Knisely - September 22, 2023

Free two-day medical clinic set for Oct. 21-22 in Charleston

BY West Virginia Watch Staff - September 22, 2023

Biden administration to create new gun violence prevention office

BY Ariana Figueroa - September 22, 2023

Two people died rafting Gauley River during opening weekend

BY West Virginia Watch Staff - September 20, 2023

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Workers at 38 GM and Stellantis auto suppliers called to join UAW strike

By Anna Liz Nichols, Michigan Advance - September 22, 2023

WV leaders call on federal agency to implement treatment model to support EMS, hospitals

By Caity Coyne - September 22, 2023

As child poverty doubles, states launch or expand their own tax credits

By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline - September 22, 2023

‘If we don’t get the aid, we will lose the war’: Zelenskyy asks Congress to help Ukraine

By Ariana Figueroa and Samantha Dietel - September 21, 2023

Shutdown inches closer as U.S. House GOP fails to pass defense bill, lawmakers exit D.C.

By Jennifer Shutt - September 21, 2023

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