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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · Jan 22
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ICYMI: The doctor charged with overseeing public health in WV testified Thursday he has no input on religious exemptions to the state’s school vaccination requirements and doesn't have a personal or professional opinion on whether the state should offer them, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
WV’s acting health officer testifies he has no opinion about religious exemptions • West Virginia Watch
The doctor charged with overseeing public health in WV testified he has no input on religious exemptions to school vaccination requirements.
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The doctor charged with overseeing public health in West Virginia testified Thursday he has no input on religious exemptions to the state’s school vaccination requirements and does not have a personal or professional opinion on whether the state should offer them, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
WV’s acting health officer testifies he has no opinion about religious exemptions • West Virginia Watch
The doctor charged with overseeing public health in WV testified he has no input on religious exemptions to school vaccination requirements.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d
President Trump’s novel use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority to control police powers, as dueling briefs from current and former state leaders filed in Illinois’ lawsuit against the president show, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
Former governors, state AGs weigh in on Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops • West Virginia Watch
Trump’s novel use of National Guard troops for law enforcement purposes has reopened a debate over states’ authority to control police powers.
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President Donald Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats, though he didn’t share any additional details during a Cabinet meeting, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Trump threatens 'permanent' cuts to Democratic programs on day nine of shutdown gridlock • West Virginia Watch
Trump said Thursday he’s prepared to cancel funding approved by Congress that he believes is going toward programs supported by Democrats.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d
Three West Virginia jails holding some of the country’s immigrant detainees are over capacity, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Three West Virginia jails holding country’s ICE detainees are overcapacity, new data shows • West Virginia Watch
Three West Virginia jails holding immigrant detainees are over capacity, according to data from the state’s corrections division.
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COMMENTARY: For years, West Virginia’s jails have been dangerously overcrowded. Now, our state government has found a new way to make it worse by cramming in even more people, many of whom haven’t even committed a crime, writes Eli Baumwell.
West Virginia officials worsen jail conditions to signal support for Trump • West Virginia Watch
Our state government has found a new way to make jails worse by cramming in even more people, many of whom haven’t even committed a crime.
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A majority of Americans disapprove of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s job performance and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy, according to a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan health organization KFF, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Majorities disapprove of RFK Jr. performance, doubt autism-Tylenol claims, KFF poll finds • West Virginia Watch
A majority of Americans disapprove of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s job performance and the federal government’s evolving vaccine policy.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 1d
The state is working to recover up to $32.4 million after it came to light that it may have mistakenly paid Medicaid participant fees for thousands of ineligible individuals who were incarcerated or dead, a new audit revealed, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
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WV potentially paid $32M to provide Medicaid to ineligible people, including some who were deceased • West Virginia Watch
The state might have mistakenly paid $32.4 million in Medicaid participant fees for hundreds of thousands of ineligible individuals.
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A judge overseeing two consolidated lawsuits in a legal battle over West Virginia’s school vaccine law and religious freedom will consider every family that has asked for a nonmedical exemption to the law together as a party to the lawsuit, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
Raleigh judge certifies class status in West Virginia school vaccine lawsuit • West Virginia Watch
A judge overseeing two consolidated lawsuits in a legal battle over West Virginia’s school vaccine law and religious freedom will consider every family that has asked for a nonmedical exemption to…
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 2d
The U.S. Senate failed to advance Wednesday night a resolution designed to curb the president’s power regarding military actions abroad after the Trump administration ordered four strikes on boats in the Caribbean, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
US Senate rejects restriction of military strikes on vessels in the Caribbean • West Virginia Watch
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate failed to advance Wednesday night a resolution designed to curb the president’s power regarding military actions abroad after the Trump administration ordered four…
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U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, reports Shauneen Miranda.
US House GOP delays seating Rep.-elect Grijalva, potential deciding vote on Epstein petition • West Virginia Watch
U.S. House Democrats failed again Wednesday to force Speaker Mike Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.
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The Federal Aviation Administration reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following a day of some delays related to above-average absences at a handful of facilities, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
Air traffic control staffing steady, but stress during shutdown worries DOT • West Virginia Watch
The FAA reported no travel delays due to staffing levels at U.S. air traffic control facilities Wednesday, following above-average absences.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 2d
Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck of the shutdown, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Shutdown day eight: Congress standoff unchanged as first missed federal payday nears • West Virginia Watch
Congress has just one week to break the stalemate and fund the government before active duty military members miss their first paycheck.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 2d
COMMENTARY: Much like sports, our politics have increasingly become less about ideas and more about identity. But unlike football, where one side must win and the other must lose, the future of our state and nation depends on moving past hyper-partisanship, writes Meghan Moses.
Winning together for West Virginia • West Virginia Watch
Much like sports, our politics has increasingly become less about ideas and more about identity over the years.
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Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia, in response to an indictment that followed an extraordinary pressure campaign from President Donald Trump, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
Former FBI Director Comey pleads not guilty to criminal charges demanded by Trump • West Virginia Watch
Former FBI Director James Comey pleaded not guilty to two felony charges Wednesday in federal court in Virginia.
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Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s sale of a state-owned nursing home in Beckley is prompting a lot of unknowns, including what’s going to happen to inmates who reside on a floor in the facility. There’s also a substance use treatment facility housed within the building, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Morrisey’s sale of Beckley hospital prompts concerns about WV inmates who live there • West Virginia Watch
Gov. Morrisey’s sale of a state-owned nursing home is prompting a lot of unknowns, including what will happen to inmates who reside there.
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators on Capitol Hill Tuesday as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities, as well as a litany of controversial issues surrounding the DOJ, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
A combative AG Pam Bondi confronts US Senate Judiciary over Trump crackdown • West Virginia Watch
Pam Bondi aimed heated rhetoric at Democratic senators as she faced questions over the administration’s surge of federal agents to blue cities.
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West Virginia Watch @westvirginiawatch.com · 3d
The Trump administration may try to interpret a law enacted during his first term in office differently than it did following the last government shutdown, potentially denying back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Trump floats plan to deny back pay to furloughed federal workers after shutdown • West Virginia Watch
The Trump administration may potentially deny back pay to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers.
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A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday in Illinois over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the state before deciding whether to block the move, the judge wrote in an order, reports @fischler.bsky.social.
Trump deployment of troops to Democratic states targets Illinois • West Virginia Watch
A federal judge will hear arguments over Chicago’s lawsuit challenging Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to the Illinois.
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Friday’s jobs report is missing in action because of the federal shutdown, but economists are finding other ways of measuring apparent job losses concentrated in Midwestern states and oil country, reports Tim Henderson of @stateline.org.
Economists say job losses likely, even as shutdown delays report • West Virginia Watch
Friday’s jobs report is missing because of the federal shutdown, but economists are finding other ways of measuring apparent job losses.
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Del. Kathie Hess Crouse, a “school choice” advocate in the Legislature, is working with the state Department of Education to create a “school choice portal,” along with the state’s first School Choice office. It may be housed in the state education department, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
House Republican Hess Crouse working with WV education department to create ‘school choice portal’ • West Virginia Watch
Del. Kathie Hess Crouse is working with the state Department of Education to create a “school choice portal."
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments in a case that could reverse or solidify state laws across the country that ban a controversial counseling practice for LGBTQ+ youth, reports @acvollers.bsky.social.
Conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors goes before the Supreme Court • West Virginia Watch
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a case that could reverse state laws across the country that ban conversion therapy,
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Gov. Morrisey announced Medicaid rate increases for home and community‑based services providers who take care of individuals who are elderly and disabled, those with intellectual and developmental disabilities and individuals living with traumatic brain injuries, reports @amelianews.bsky.social.
Morrisey tries to increase number of in-home caregivers through Medicaid rate increase • West Virginia Watch
Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Friday announced Medicaid rate increases for home and community‑based services providers.
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President Trump sent mixed messages Monday about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits for people who get their health insurance from the ACA Marketplace, one of the main issues that led to the government shutdown, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.
Government shutdown enters day six with talks over health care at an impasse • West Virginia Watch
Trump sent mixed messages about whether he would negotiate a deal with Democrats to extend the enhanced tax credits.
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The White House slammed a Trump-appointed federal judge Monday for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon, as hostilities escalate between the administration and Democratic states where Trump has begun sending in troops, reports @fischler.bsky.social & @ashleymurray.bsky.social.
Trump troop deployment to Oregon, Illinois intensifies confrontation with Democratic-led states • West Virginia Watch
The White House slammed a Trump-appointed federal judge for blocking the deployment of National Guard troops to Oregon.
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