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Vaccination bills are popping up in more than 15 states as lawmakers aim to potentially resurrect or create new religious ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Thursday appointed a Republican gun rights activist to fill the House seat that was briefly held by ...

Gov. Patrick Morrisey plans to cut taxes to entice businesses and people to West Virginia. He’s not the first governor to try this.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Outgoing Cabinet Secretary Dr. Sherri Young is stepping down as leader of the West Virginia Department of ...

The revelation that Jim Justice left the state, not on a rocket ship ride, but with gaping holes in future state budgets, beginning July 1 and extending out multiple years, ...

In America, the concept of freedom is sacrosanct. We wear it like a badge of honor, invoking it in defense of our choices, our beliefs, and our very way of life. Yet, too often, our conversations ...

Conservative leadership has taken hold this month in Charleston and Washington with one common theme -- curtailing government ...

Ian Masters, a Gerrardstown lawyer and president of the West Virginia Citizens Defense League, was appointed Thursday to take ...

Don’t you love governors who want to compete for your residency?

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey talked a lot on the campaign trail last year about having an economic “Backyard Brawl” with neighboring states. He provided more details Thursday about ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey talked a lot on the campaign trail last year about having an economic ...