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

Newly-elected Gov. Patrick Morrisey has launched his “Backyard Brawl” initiative through executive order. He’s promised to improve West Virginia’s economic rankings by outpacing neighboring states.

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

Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Incumbent Patrick Morrisey defeated Sam Petsonk in the general election for Attorney General of West Virginia on November 3, ...

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

The Governor of the State of West Virginia is an elected constitutional officer, the head of the executive branch and the highest state office in West Virginia. The Governor is popularly elected every ...

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 ...

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

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