Mental Health Crisis Response And Mountain Valley Pipeline, Inside Appalachia

This week, people with mental health challenges or substance use disorder often end up in jail. But crisis response teams offer another way. Also, one year after the Mountain Valley Pipeline went into service, people who live directly in the pipeline’s path have received compensation. But not everyone. And, the Sacred Harp songbook gets an update for the first time since the early 1990s.

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Economy Jack Walker, Apr. 18, 2025

Morrisey Signs State Budget Into Law, But Cuts Millions Proposed By Legislature

The governor signed off a bill setting the state's budget for fiscal year 2026, but cut some funding allocations that lawmakers had approved earlier this month.

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Government WVPB Staff +, Apr. 12, 2025

The Legislature Today 2025 Final Hours Live Blog

Check back to our live blog for the latest updates from the West Virginia Legislature throughout the day and night on April 12. And follow along with our live TV coverage from 8 p.m. to midnight on our WVPB live stream.

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Government Chris Schulz, Apr. 05, 2025

Education Legislation, A Statewide Camping Ban And Budget Bills, This West Virginia Week

On this West Virginia Week, as both the legislative session winds down, both chambers are working to pass a balanced budget. Meanwhile, bills related to education, the energy sector and a statewide camping ban also progress.

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Government Briana Heaney, Apr. 04, 2025

Proposed State Budget Increases Funding For Child Care, Advocates Say It's Not Enough

Despite an increase in state funding compared with last year, advocates for child care say an estimated 2,000 families could lose access to child care due to a lack of funding. The state had been relying on COVID-19 era federal funding to fund a ...

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Government Eric Douglas, Mar. 31, 2025

House Finance Committee Moves Budget Bill To Floor

The House version of the 2026 West Virginia budget moved from the finance committee to the floor today -- and it is "very dissimilar" to the budget introduced by Gov. Patrick Morrisey.

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Government WVPB Staff, Mar. 25, 2025

Policy Analyst Weighs In On State Budget

On this episode of The Legislature Today, the state budget continues to work its way through the West Virginia Legislature. We recently heard from Sen. Jason Barrett, R-Berkeley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Del. Clay Riley, a Harrison County Republican and vice chairman of the House Finance Committee. This time, News Director Eric Douglas sits down with Sean O’Leary, senior policy analyst at West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, to discuss the state’s budget from an analyst’s perspective.

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