With big federal changes looming, West Virginia residents are asking lawmakers to hold town halls. Few are getting a response ...

If a kid wants to attend West Virginia public schools, they have to be vaccinated to protect themselves and others. Over the ...

West Virginians say their calls, emails, and meetings with members of Congress rarely get thoughtful responses. Here’s what ...

A judge ordered Chemours to stop polluting the Ohio River with cancer-linked chemicals from its West Virginia plant.

Sara Crickenberger to retire as MSS Executive Director and Ken Ward Jr. to lead editorial and business functions in an expanded role.

From public schools to taxes to emergency medical services, here’s what lawmakers accomplished and issues that went largely unaddressed.

For over three decades, people have come from all over the globe to work for Pilgrim’s Pride’s Moorefield chicken factory. Inside the plant, immigrant workers shoulder a disproportionate amount of the ...

In March, state lawmakers passed the PFAS Protection Act. But it could still be years until drinking water in West Virginia is free of the carcinogens.

Delegate Jeff Pack, R-Raleigh, majority vice chairman of the House Health and Human Resources Committee, speaks during a committee meeting in January 2020. Perry Bennett photo Scores of children in ...

With WV lawmakers set to begin the redistricting process, here’s why this year will be particularly consequential and why some have raised fears of gerrymandering.

As Sen. Joe Manchin pushes the Mountain Valley Pipeline, some WV landowners can’t drink their water, fear explosions.

Sarah Elbeshbishi is Mountain State Spotlight's Environment and Energy Reporter.