Grave Marker Dedication Honors Black Activist Bessie Woodson Yancey
A grave marker dedication was held this month for an Appalachian activist who died decades ago.
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Advocates Call For Tobacco Prevention Funding Under New Administration
Advocates are hopeful that Governor Patrick Morrisey will include funding for tobacco prevention and cessation programs in his upcoming budget proposal.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsElected Leaders Prepare For Transition And IDing Pollution Related Asthma, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, elected leaders prepare for their new jobs, and a look at pollution related asthma from steel making.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsEPA Power Plant Emissions Rules Survive Initial Court Challenge
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, for now, has let stand a set of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rules West Virginia and other states challenged.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsKentucky Court Halts New Title IX Rule
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey co-led a six-state coalition in suing the federal Department of Education and Sec. Miguel Cardona, challenging a Title IX rule change.
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EPA To Require Coal And New Gas Power Plants To Cut Emissions
The power plant rules align with changes that have been happening in the sector in the past decade. Electric utilities have moved sharply away from coal, largely switching to natural gas.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia Starts Distributing Funds From The Settlement Of Opioid Lawsuits
West Virginia is issuing the first checks from a fund established by the settlement of opioid lawsuits in the state, which has by far the nation’s highest drug overdose death rate.
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