About a week after Mountain State Spotlight wrote about Clay County’s only childcare center, House Speaker Roger Hanshaw ...

Del. Vernon Criss, R-Wood, chairs the House finance committee on March 9. Photo by Perry Bennett / West Virgina Legislature Debate over issues West Virginians care about can last for hours during a 60 ...

Riley Moore rose from his chair in a budget committee meeting to ask for help with West Virginia’s drinking water. He told his colleagues, “Between 2016 and 2024, nearly one million West Virginians, ...

Childcare workers earn less than a living wage, families spend a large chunk of their income on care and many counties lack enough providers.

Former state delegate Moore Capito claps alongside his mother, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, during the 2023 State of the State address. Photo by Perry Bennett/WV Legislative Photography. Last week, the ...

In February, heavy rain that battered southern West Virginia caused rivers and creeks to swell and flood communities across the coalfields. Roads and bridges washed away. Homes were soaked. Residents ...

Voters approved seven school levies during Tuesday’s primary election. Three measures were rejected in Summers, Hardy and ...

West Virginia only has six OSHA inspectors for 60,000 workplaces in the state, meaning many dangerous job sites go years without oversight. Here’s why.

Outside interests spent more than $750,000 to keep the status quo on the state’s two appeals courts. Voters rejected their ...

Reporters P.R. Lockhart, left, and Henry Culvyhouse, right, speak with a resident in Berkeley Springs last week. Photo by Tyler Dedrick. West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle is often touted as a success ...

Josh Sword is the president of the West Virginia chapter of the AFL-CIO union representing over 575 affiliated unions in the state. Courtesy photo. Two workers died and another 19 were injured last ...