The Latest Breaking News from West Virginia

Senators Joe Manchin and Lisa Murkowski test positive for Covid-19

Four US senators have revealed that they have tested positive, as President Biden’s doctor gives an update on his health

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2022

West Virginia v. EPA: An Advisory Opinion?

Deciding the case might have been squarable with Article III, but not the way Court went about it.

Reason · Jul 25, 2022

Prof. Tom Merrill (Columbia) Guest-Blogging on West Virginia v. EPA

I'm delighted to report that Prof. Tom Merrill, of Columbia Law School, will be guest-blogging this week on West Virginia v. EPA, potentially one of the most important regulatory decisions by the Supreme Court in years. In West Virginia, the Court holds that administrative agencies lack authority to render decisions…

Reason · Jul 24, 2022

Judge blocks enforcement of pre-Roe abortion ban in West Virginia

Judge’s ruling opens the door for abortion services to resume in US state in aftermath of overturning of Roe v Wade.

Al Jazeera · Jul 18, 2022

"You think this guy is serious?"

"He's taken campaign contributions from 25 Republican billionaires"

Salon · Jul 18, 2022

Emerging from a 2-year coma, a West Virginia woman says her brother attacked her

Wanda Palmer barely survived the ordeal in June of 2020, when an assailant used what is believed to be a machete or hatchet to attack her in her home.

WEKU · Jul 18, 2022

Abortion clinic goes before judge to challenge WVa ban

Lawyers representing West Virginia’s only abortion clinic are going before a Charleston-area judge

The Independent UK · Jul 18, 2022

Woman wakes up from machete attack coma after two years and says it was her BROTHER

Wanda Palmer was attacked with a weapon at her home in Cottageville, West Virginia two years ago and her neighbours found her unconscious slumped over a sofa

Daily Mirror · Jul 18, 2022

The other Joe: how Manchin destroys Biden’s plans, angering Democrats

The centrist Democrat senator has repeatedly stood in the way of the president’s most ambitious legislative aspirations and derailed fragile negotiations

The Guardian - US · Jul 17, 2022

Yellen sees room for meaningful deal with Manchin over meds, ACA

WASHINGTON — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the Biden administration can and should still move ahead with important legislation that will help lower costs for American consumers, despite the blow to a wider fiscal package from Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

Tribune News Service · Jul 16, 2022