W.Va. Photographer Joins Team USA For International Competition
A Charleston-based photographer is in Iceland this week taking part in the 2026 World Photographic Cup international photography competition.
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Constitutional Protection From Euthanasia Could Appear On Ballots This Fall
Republicans in the West Virginia House of Delegates have backed a resolution allowing residents to vote to add protection from euthanasia to the state constitution during this fall's general election.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Changes, Passes Bill To Reduce Unemployment Benefits
The engrossed bill that passed the Senate shaves two weeks of the current 26 weeks of unemployment benefits available to workers who have lost their job due through no fault of their own. It increases the initial benefit to up to $712 per week, or 70 percent of the original wage, for the first four weeks of unemployment. That's up from $624 per week, and 65 percent of the wage. However after those first four weeks, the benefit decreases by 5 percent of the original wage, or max benefit.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsBill That Greatly Reduces Unemployment Benefits Advances
Senate Bill 840 would reduce the maximum amount to $550 dollars a week. Senate Bill 841 reduces the duration of benefits. It works on a tiered system based on statewide unemployment numbers. If the statewide unemployment number is under 5 percent — which it currently is — then the maximum benefit duration would be 12 weeks, cutting it down by more than half.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSenate Passes Bill To Teach Adolescents Dangers Of Fentanyl
The bill, known as Laken's Law, is named after Morgan Laken, who died from a fentanyl overdose in 2021. It requires students to be taught about fentanyl, heroin, and opioid awareness, prevention and abuse, addiction, community resources, substance abuse among young people, and how to administer opioid reversal agents like Narcan. The instruction will begin in the 2024-2025 school year.
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Senate Passes Two Reproductive Rights Bills
Abortion is banned in the state of West Virginia unless medically necessary, or if the pregnancy is no longer viable. There are also exceptions in the abortion ban in the case of rape. Sen. Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, sponsored two notable bills related to pregnant persons in the state.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Lawmakers Discuss ‘The Crown Act’
On this episode of The Legislature Today, Briana Heaney talks with Sen. Mike Caputo, D-Marion, and Del. Anitra Hamilton, D-Monongalia, about legislation to make it illegal to discriminate against someone based on the texture and style of their hair.
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