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Appeals panel asks West Virginia court whether opioids distribution can cause a public nuisance
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused of causing a health crisis in one of the state's counties. ...
West Virginia Legislature ends session with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills
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 issue bills that advanced but ultimately didn't go anywhere. Lawmakers conferenced behind closed doors Saturday...
West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country's strictest child vaccination laws
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 be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country. The...
Sex ed classes in some states may soon watch a fetal development video from an anti-abortion group
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Baby Olivia isn't a real baby. It's an animated fetus that develops over the course of a three-minute video that has become a new front in state-level abortion politics. Bills in the Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia legislatures would require...
