Tag: West Virginia

Experts say grassroots public health efforts—not federal drug crackdowns—are driving the largest decline in overdose deaths ever recorded, despite ongoing political attacks on harm reduction.

West Virginia community fights back as Chemours’ PFAS pollution persists.

The bill "bars abortion from implantation with narrow exceptions to save the pregnant person's life or in cases of rape or incest so long as the victim reports the crime."

West Virginia has seen some of the highest electricity rate increases in the nation. Its loyalty to coal is one reason for that.

The report found the chemical, which is used in firefighting foam, in the blood of residents in a community located near an Air National Guard base.

Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia’s richest man. Over the last three decades, lawsuits over unpaid bills have cost his constellation of companies more than $128 million in judgments and settlements.

"While we are all paying attention to COVID-19 and the congressional stimulus packages, state legislatures are quietly passing fossil-fuel-backed anti-protest laws."

“This incident was completely unacceptable. Now, we must continue to move forward and work diligently to make sure nothing like this ever happens again.”

“It goes beyond the financial. This property was our hope, our dream, our future, our children’s future."

"This is how the GOP retaliates against the people who educate our children."