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How the opioids settlement will impact communities affected by addiction
After more than two years of negotiations, a number of states agreed to a $26 billion settlement with three large drug distributors and Johnson & Johnson for their roles in the opioids epidemic. Half a million deaths over two decades…
Department of Justice says West Virginia, Arkansas transgender bans violate federal law
The U.S. Department of Justice has slammed a new West Virginia law that bans transgender athletes from competing in female sports.
Manchin say he’ll vote against ‘partisan’ Dem elections bill
Manchin said lawmakers should instead focus their energies on revitalizing the landmark Voting Rights Act, which was weakened by a Supreme Court decision in 2013. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has joined him in calling for that approach.
West Virginia transgender athlete bill signed by governor
West Virginia's governor has signed a bill that bans transgender athletes from competing in female sports in middle and high schools and colleges.
President Joe Biden has proposed a $2 trillion measure, The American Jobs Plan, to improve the country's infrastructure. As negotiations on that get underway in Washington, Judy Woodruff is joined by a senator who's deeply involved - ranking member of…
Justice says officials discovered that 70 facilities — mostly hospitals and nursing homes — did not report the deaths to the state's health department.
Several states, including West Virginia, already ban teacher strikes, but that does not keep them from occurring. A 1990 state Supreme Court ruling declared a strike that year illegal.
States across the country have been struggling to distribute the COVID-19 vaccines quickly. But seven weeks into their rollout, West Virginia has found a way to vaccinate more of its population than almost any other state, including delivering both doses…
Yeager died last month at age 97. The West Virginia native in 1947 became the first person to fly faster than sound.
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