W.Va
Unrepentant Jan. 6 rioter Derrick Evans goes up against GOP Rep. Carol Miller in West Virginia
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Incumbent Rep. Carol Miller has seen plenty of political challengers throughout her long, popular career, but perhaps not ...
West Virginia voters must pick from GOP candidates who still dispute 2020 election
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — When West Virginia Republicans vote in Tuesday’s primary, they will have a hard time finding a major candidate ...
One man was a Capitol Police officer. The other rioted on Jan. 6. They’re both running for Congress
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For Derrick Evans, being part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol wasn’t enough. The former West ...
West Virginia Gov. Justice breaks with GOP Legislature to veto bill rolling back school vaccine rule
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday broke with West Virginia’s GOP-majority Legislature to veto a bill that would ...
Heavy-smoking West Virginia becomes the 12th state to ban lighting up in cars with kids present
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the 12th state ...
West Virginia Legislature ends session with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated state Legislature on Saturday concluded a 60-day session marked by budget disputes and controversial social ...
West Virginia bill letting teachers remove ‘threatening’ students from class heads to governor
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill that would provide a framework for public school teachers on removing kindergarten and elementary ...
West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country’s strictest child vaccination laws
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to ...
Female representation remains low in US statehouses, particularly Democrats in the South
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Democrat Kayla Young and Republican Patricia Rucker frequently clash on abortion rights and just about everything else in ...
West Virginia lawmakers push to remove a suicide risk exemption from gender-affirming care bill
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers in West Virginia want to ban transgender youth at risk for self-harm or suicide from ...
