By Thérèse Boudreaux | The Center Square The Center Square) – The ball is in the U.S. Senate’s court to avert a government shutdown Jan. 30, with six fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills signed into law and six more having passed the House. But the Republican-led upper chamber must still contend...

Screenshot By Ashley Perham Charleston Gazette-Mail For Davis, the 3-year-old son of Gerald M. Titus III, the best part of his dad’s new job as Supreme Court justice is going to “The Mountain,” as he calls the West Virginia Capitol building that houses the Supreme Court. Titus has been coming to...

By Steven Allen Adams For The Intelligencer CHARLESTON — While the West Virginia House of Delegates moved with lightning speed to pass two bills aimed specifically at the financial issues in Hancock County Schools, the state Senate is moving those bills through its normal committee process, angering one lawmaker. On Tuesday,...

By Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Virginia lawmakers are considering legislation that would change how in-state tuition is set at public colleges. House Bill 502, introduced by Del. John McAuliff, would require public colleges to set fixed in-state tuition rates for incoming first-year and transfer students....

Staff reports Charleston Gazette-Mail Two chefs with connections to the Kanawha Metro region have been named 2026 semifinalists for the prestigious James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards. ■ Michael Bowe, executive chef of Red Yeti in Jeffersonville, Indiana, is a semifinalist for Best Chef Great Lakes, making him a top...

By Esther Wickham | The Center Square (The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education issued guidance to state education officials urging Title I schools to consolidate federal, state and local funding into a single funding stream. The letter comes as the department continues efforts to reduce red tape and...

By John O’Brien | Legal Newsline WASHINGTON – The U.S. House Judiciary Committee is asking for answers from one of the lawyers pushing climate-change cases against Big Oil, wondering how he had access to materials an activist group gives judges as part of a training program. That program is possibly intended...

By Tate Miller | The Center Square contributor Pro-life groups celebrate the 53rd annual March for Life event in the wake of a Knights of Columbus-Marist Poll showing that most Americans support legal limits on abortion. Director of the Marist Poll Dr. Barbara L. Carvalho told The Center Square: “Despite the...

By Shirleen Guerra | The Center Square (The Center Square) – Virginia lawmakers are considering two artificial intelligence bills during the General Assembly session that would set new limits on how AI tools are used in schools and establish broader oversight standards for certain chatbot technologies. The proposals, House Bill 1186...

By Andrew Rice | The Center Square (The Center Square) - Vice President JD Vance and other elected officials on Friday touted their accomplishments to implement pro-life legislation over the past year at the 53rd annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. Vance highlighted the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 ruling overturning...