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Gov. Patrick Morrisey said the state is ready with its Rural Health Transformation Program application for five-year funding of up to $100 million annually to support rural healthcare.
Today was the deadline for the state’s application. The state aims to attract and train healthcare professionals, enhance telehealth and transportation and promote preventive care.
A summary of West Virginia’s application can be found here.
Gov. Patrick Morrisey
“You know this represents a very exciting new

The deployment of members of the West Virginia National Guard to Washington, D.C., could extend into early next year.
Both CNN and The Washington Post have reported in recent days that the Trump administration has extended the mission in D.C. through the end of February.
No official or public order reflecting that has come down so far.
In response to a question from West Virginia MetroNews, representatives of the West Virginia National Guard described being prepared to extend the deployment.

Gov. Patrick Morrisey said the state will continue supporting food banks financially and through the service of the National Guard while federal food assistance support is in flux, although the governor said the state is prepared to increase its level of support if the situation calls for it.
Patrick Morrisey
“I want to assure West Virginians that we have your back. We’re going to make sure that no one’s going hungry,” Morrisey said during an update today at Step by Step Family Support Center in

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The Trump administration agreed Monday to partially fund SNAP benefits but said it could take, at the very least, a few weeks to get the money on EBT cards.
Cyndi Kirkhart
The money will come from an emergency fund following an order from a federal judge in Rhode Island.
It doesn’t appear the partial funding is going to change distribution efforts going on in West Virginia to some 144,000 households that receive SNAP benefits.
“We’re going to continue to direct our efforts

On August 11, President Donald Trump declared a “crime emergency” for the District of Columbia, and five days later Gov. Patrick Morrisey deployed members of the West Virginia National Guard for support.
The president’s emergency declaration, which placed the Metropolitan Police Department under federal direction, expired after 30 days, Sept. 10. Yet the West Virginia National Guard deployment remains active and could be in effect through the end of November or beyond.
A court case in Kanawha

West Virginians on expanded enrollment for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act are about to get sticker shock.
About 50,000 to 60,000 West Virginians will see higher prices as open enrollment begins without an extension of subsidies through the federal government. West Virginia is expected to be hit hard, possibly seeing some of the largest rate increases in the country.
The open enrollment period starts Nov. 1, Saturday. People logging on for open enrollment will be faced with

Senator Shelley Moore Capito says she has signed on as a sponsor of a standalone bill to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as the federal government shutdown continues.
The “Keep SNAP Funded Act of 2025” now has 29 cosponsors, including Capito. West Virginia’s other senator, Jim Justice, is not listed as a sponsor currently.
Capito said she first heard of the legislation earlier this week, reflected by her response to a quick hallway interview by the national Politico: “Yeah, I