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CHARLESTON, W.Va. –More than a dozen residents attended the West Virginia House Democrats’ Kitchen Table Tour on Tuesday night at the Woman’s Club of Charleston.
(Left to right) Del. Mike Pushkin, Del. Kayla Young, Del. Anitra Hamilton, Del. Sean Hornbuckle, Del. Joey Garcia, and Del. Hollis Lewis
The tour gives them the opportunity to meet with constituents and hear about the most important issues facing individuals in West Virginia. At Tuesday stop, House Democratic Leader Sean Hornbuckle,

CHARLESTON, W.Va. –West Virginia Senator Mike Stuart was confirmed to serve as the General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Tuesday.
Stuart was selected for the position in February of this year and a confirmation hearing was held in front of the U.S. Senate at the end of July where he was prepped with questions regarding his views on the opioid crisis and his commitment to adhering to the law.
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito released a statement praising the

CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — The issue with bats which has closed down Chapmanville Regional High School this week may have become much more complicated.
The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Police confirmed they were called to the school to investigate a complaint about the removal of the bats from the building. The agency was limited in what information they would reveal, but Tuesday afternoon issued the following statement.
“Natural Resources Police were made aware of a complaint

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County Delegate Dana Ferrell said he planned to introduce a bill during the upcoming regular legislative session to increase the minimum sentence for anyone convicted of first degree murder. Currently if a convicted killer is granted mercy in sentencing, they become eligible for parole in 15 years. Ferrell said that’s not nearly enough.
Dana Ferrell
“A typical house mortgage is 30 years, so in half the time you can pay off your house somebody could murder somebody and

A representative of the Governor’s Office described to lawmakers the urgency of meeting a Nov. 5  deadline for a five-year funding application valued at about $100 million a year to support rural healthcare.
“We are on something of a compressed timeframe,” Curtis Capehart, director of policy for Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s administration, told the Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability during legislative interim meetings at the state Capitol.
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A dozen people have applied for consideration to the state Supreme Court position that opened after the death of Justice Tim Armstead.
In West Virginia, when a judicial position on the Supreme Court of Appeals becomes vacant before the end of a term, the governor appoints a replacement from a list of qualified candidates submitted by the Judicial Vacancy Advisory Commission. 
According to state code, the commission has 90 days from the occurrence of the vacancy to interview applicants and submit