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West Virginia Legislature sends amendment giving itself authority over state board of education rules and policies to Nov. 8 ballot

The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a constitutional amendment on March 3 giving the legislature the power to approve, amend, or repeal rules put forward by the State Board of Education. It was the final vote required to certify the measure for the Nov. 8 ballot.

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New single-member House districts boost total number of state legislative primaries in West Virginia this year

The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in 2022 in West Virginia was Jan. 29, 2022. This is the first election following West Virginia’s redistricting process, which featured structural changes to the state’s legislature.

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Two incumbents among candidates in Republican primary for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District

Five candidates are running in the Republican primary election for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District on May 10, 2022. As a result of redistricting, U.S. Reps. David McKinley (District 1) and Alexander Mooney (District 2) are running for re-election in the same district. These two candidates have received the most…

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Economy and Society: ESG goes to war?

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Supreme Court weighs new limits on EPA’s power to fight climate change

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices on Monday weighed whether to set strict limits on how the Biden administration can fight climate change through new regulations of plants that burn coal to produce electricity.

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Supreme Court Digs into Statutory Details More than Standing or Nondelegation in West Virginia v. EPA

At today's oral argument, the justices explored Section 111 of the Clean Air Act, the major questions doctrine, justiciability and the regulation of advertising for four-foot cigars smoked through hookahs.

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An update on US Senate retirements

Welcome to the Monday, February 28, Brew.

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Coal disaster 50 years later: WVa creek teeming with fish

Fifty years ago in West Virginia, the collapse of a coal-waste impoundment unleashed a torrent of black water into a narrow valley

The Independent UK

West Virginia U.S. House delegation shrinking from three to two sets up primary between two representatives

The filing deadline for candidates running for state or federal office in West Virginia was Jan. 29, 2022. Thirteen candidates—three Democrats and 10 Republicans—are running for the state’s two U.S. House districts. That’s 6.5 candidates per district, more than the 4.7 candidates per district in 2020 and 6.3 in 2018.

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Texas vs West Virginia Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Texas vs West Virginia prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might - or might not - win on Saturday.

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 11

In this issue: Sen. Rob Portman weighs in on the race to replace him and Texas Railroad Commission primary makes headlines

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Supreme court case could restrict Biden’s effort to tackle climate crisis

Court to hear West Virginia case that takes aim at EPA’s ability to issue strict rules to curb pollution from fossil fuel power stations

The Guardian - US

Climate Change Returns to the Supreme Court: Previewing West Virginia v. EPA

The most important environmental case of the 2021-22 term will be heard next week.

Reason

Hall Pass: Your Ticket to Understanding School Board Politics, Edition #3

In this section, we curate reporting, analysis, and commentary on the issues school board members deliberate when they set out to offer the best education possible in their district.

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West Virginia Law Would Restrict Vehicle OTA Updates To Dealerships

HB 4560 prevents automakers from sending software updates directly to vehicles, opening the door for dealers to recoup some cash.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Will Bunch: Right now, a US toddler is starving because of Senate cowards

It was two years ago this month that a working single mom turned anti-poverty activist from Wheeling, West Virginia, named Amy Jo Hutchison sat before a U.S. House committee on Capitol Hill and tried to educate members of Congress about the relentless hard work of being poor in America in…

Daily Mirror

Ex-Super League star Bryn Hargreaves missing in US suffered car crash in December

Bryn Hargreaves, who made almost 200 appearances for Wigan, Bradford and St Helens, has not been seen for more than a month after going missing in Morgantown, West Virginia

Reason

Climate Change Returns to the Supreme Court: Standing in West Virginia v. EPA Revisited

Why the arguments the Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to hear the latest climate change case likely lack merit.

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Inmates who died asked for release before falling ill with COVID

Rory Adams did not know that Christmas in a small rural hospital in West Virginia would be the last time he saw his wife alive. She’d entered prison in early January 2021 to serve a 42-month sentence for failure to collect payroll taxes. She was supposed to return to North…

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West Virginia QB commit Raheim Jeter shot in road rage incident

Spartansburg (S.C.) junior quarterback and West Virginia commit Raheim Jeter was shot in a road rage incident on Friday.

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Ochai Agbaji helps lead Kansas to road win over West Virginia

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. — Kansas, the first-place team in the Big 12 Conference, took care of business against the league’s last-place team, West Virginia, on Saturday night at WVU Coliseum.

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Kansas vs West Virginia Prediction, College Basketball Game Preview

Kansas vs West Virginia prediction, college basketball game preview, how to watch, lines, and why each team might - or might not - win on Saturday.

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Wife of ex-Navy nuclear engineer pleads guilty in conspiracy to sell submarine data

BALTIMORE — The Annapolis, Maryland, woman accused of serving as a lookout for her husband, a Navy nuclear engineer, as he engaged in a scheme to sell military secrets to foreign governments pleaded guilty Friday to a conspiracy charge in a West Virginia federal court.

Benzinga

Columbia Care Opens Second Cannabist Location In West Virginia

Columbia Care Inc. (NEO:CCHW) (CSE:CCHW) (OTCQX:CCHWF) (FSE:3LP) opened Cannabist Beckley, its second dispensary in West Virginia, located at 300 Galleria Plaza in Beckley. This is the second of five dispensaries that the company will open in the state this year.

The Independent UK

Families sue W.Va. school district over Christian assembly

A group of parents and students are suing a West Virginia school district for allowing an evangelical preacher to hold a religious revival assembly during the school day earlier this month that some students were required to attend

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