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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia University on Friday recommended the elimination of 32, or 9%, of the majors offered on its Morgantown campus along with a wide-ranging reduction in faculty to address a $45 million budget shortfall.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would make it a felony to possess fentanyl and some other illegal drugs in the opioid-ravaged state. The bill passed on a 32-1 vote and now goes before the House of Delegates. The regular session ends Ma...
Rob Alsop, a key figure in West Virginia University’s wide-ranging reductions to academic programs and faculty positions, is stepping down, university President E. Gordon Gee said Tuesday. Alsop, the university’s vice president for strategic initiatives, will become a special adviser to Gee from...
Live 2020 West Virginia election results and maps by country and district. POLITICO's coverage of 2020 races for President, Senate, House, Governors and Key Ballot Measures.
Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice will win his state's Senate race, flipping the seat red, CBS News projects. Scott MacFarlane looks at other key races that could determine control of Congress.
West Virginia is also deciding its candidates for governor. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, the Republican nominee in the 2018 Senate race against Manchin, is running for the Republican nomination. He's up against former state Rep. Moore Capito, whose mother is Sen. Shelley Moore Capito. ...
Senate Republicans have repeatedly emphasized exercising restraint with state spending, while agreeing that teachers and West Virginia's other public workers are all underpaid. "That compensation increase is long overdue," said Sen. Charles Trump, a Berkeley Springs Republican. "We've been able to ...
Voters in Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska are casting ballots in their state's primary contests on Tuesday. CBS News' Anthony Salvanto and Scott MacFarlane break down what to watch in the races that could determine the balance of power in the Senate. ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia's state health officer, who was recently reelected as a leader of the private nonprofit charged with distributing much of the state's opioid settlement dollars, has resigned. Dr. Matt Christiansen' s final day with the state health department was .....