Republicans in the House of Delegates are hoping to attract support for a rule change designed to create more opportunities for public hearings on proposed legislation.
Taking a passport or other identifying documents to coerce a person to work would be illegal under a human trafficking bill being considered by the House of Delegates.
Alpha Natural Resources said Friday it's idling or reducing hours at 10 coal mines in Kentucky and West Virginia, including several in or near the Kanawha Valley.
In this era of Twitter and smartphones, citizens and lobbyists alike have all sorts of ways to reach out to lawmakers at a moment's notice. But the West Virginia Legislature has rules meant to insulate its members from last-minute pressures while they're debating and voting on bills.
In a recent legislative presentation, Administration Secretary Robert Ferguson bragged that, with the new Fleet Management Office, "I can tell you how many cars we have, and I can tell you who has them."
After scraping by on handyman jobs for a year, Bert Qintana figured he'd have to leave his wife and teenage son at their home near Taos, N.M., and find work elsewhere.
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Medicaid program in Maine is short of money, and conservative Governor Paul LePage has a blunt proposal for solving the problem — drop people from the rolls.
