West Virginia

Dr. Dan Lonergan, a pain specialist who also focuses on addiction, left, treats patient Jeff McCoy at his practice in Franklin, Tenn., Monday, June 5, 2017. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, life expectancy in America fell in 2016, with the rise of heart disease and drug-related overdoses being key factors in the uptick in deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Healthcare

Doctor shortage making it harder to fight opioid abuse, study finds

Robert King -

February 21, 2018 7:27 pm

While Democratic leadership, including Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer, initially called for largely replacing the law, key party officials in recent days have conspicuously declined to say that repeal is the goal.

Campaigns

‘Repeal and replace’ Trump’s tax cuts? Democrats won’t go there

Joseph Lawler -

February 20, 2018 5:01 am

Demonstrators are expressing their frustration over pay raises and other issues. (AP Photo/John Raby)

Education

Statewide walkout by teachers and public employees planned in West Virginia

Daniel Chaitin -

February 18, 2018 12:33 am

This 2017 file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet. On Tuesday, West Virginia became the first state to get a waiver from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services to treat Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, which affects newborns whose exposure to opioids is cut off at birth, through Medicaid. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison)

Healthcare

West Virginia first state to get federal waiver to treat opioid-addicted babies

Robert King -

February 13, 2018 11:31 pm

Sixty-three percent of voters like President Trump in Alabama, where he has a +29 percent net approval rating, the poll said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

News

Here are the states with the highest and lowest Trump approval ratings

Anna Giaritelli -

February 13, 2018 1:18 pm

At a time of rising drug prices (and drug company profits) and a projected increase in the number of uninsured Americans, Medicare cuts are the wrong way to go. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Op-Eds

Trump administration drug pricing policy hurts the most vulnerable

David Ramsey -

February 12, 2018 5:01 am

The West Virginia state legislature is moving ahead with plans to provide free community college to its residents, so long as they pass a drug test — a contentious addendum in a state rife with opioid abuse. (iStock)

Red Alert Politics

Should West Virginia require drug tests in return for free college?

Brendan Pringle -

February 7, 2018 10:54 pm

Campaigns

Joe Manchin pledges not to campaign against House, Senate lawmakers

Katelyn Caralle -

February 6, 2018 6:19 pm

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., tweeted Thursday,

News

Joe Manchin doubles-down on Mike Pence feud: If you’re attacking me, you ‘don’t want bipartisanship’

Tristan Justice -

February 1, 2018 7:09 pm

An Amtrak passenger train carrying dozens of GOP lawmakers to a Republican retreat in West Virginia struck a garbage truck south of Charlottesville, Va. (Zack Wajsgrasu/The Daily Progress via AP)

News

Stephen King: It’s ‘karma’ that train carrying GOP lawmakers crashed

Caitlin Yilek -

February 1, 2018 6:46 pm

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Tag: West Virginia

Doctor shortage making it harder to fight opioid abuse, study finds

‘Repeal and replace’ Trump’s tax cuts? Democrats won’t go there

Statewide walkout by teachers and public employees planned in West Virginia

West Virginia first state to get federal waiver to treat opioid-addicted babies

Here are the states with the highest and lowest Trump approval ratings

Trump administration drug pricing policy hurts the most vulnerable

Should West Virginia require drug tests in return for free college?

Joe Manchin pledges not to campaign against House, Senate lawmakers

Joe Manchin doubles-down on Mike Pence feud: If you’re attacking me, you ‘don’t want bipartisanship’

Stephen King: It’s ‘karma’ that train carrying GOP lawmakers crashed

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