Government
West Virginia Gov. signs Riley Gaines Act to protect single-sex private spacesAnother state just passed a law to combat transgenderism as West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey signed the Riley Gaines Act this week. The new law serves two purposes: it enshrines… Read More
Government
West Virginia among states, counties helping ICE deport illegal immigrantsCounties and states are entering agreements with the federal government to hasten deportations of criminal illegal immigrants. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced this week his state signed a letter… Read More
Government
West Virginia to allow religious exemptions for vaccines, governor announcesMost states have religious exemptions for vaccination requirements, but West Virginia is not one of them. Gov. Patrick Morrisey, however, says that will soon change. The Republican, who took office… Read More
Public Education
Thousands of families changing schools after West Virginia’s expansion of student transfer rightsSpecial needs spurred Samantha Ribeiro Matos, a mom in West Virginia, to enroll her 6- and 7-year-old sons in three schools within three years in search of adequate services. In… Read More
Courts
West Virginia petitions Supreme Court to hear Medicaid sex reassignment case(The Center Square) – West Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and allow the state to stop covering sex reassignment surgeries under Medicaid. A federal district… Read More
Courts
2 state AGs ask Supreme Court to uphold laws protecting women’s sports(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Two Republican attorneys general asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to uphold their states’ laws designed to prevent men from competing in women’s sports. Together,… Read More
Public Education
West Virginia’s school choice program to become universal in 2026The K-12 educational scholarship program in West Virginia will officially be available to all students in fall 2026. “I’m thrilled to announce that Hope Scholarship Program enrollment numbers have met… Read More
Culture
State funds $50M agricultural lab at West Virginia State(The Center Square) – West Virginia is sending $50 million to West Virginia State University to build a new agricultural lab. The lab will house laboratory space for both the… Read More
Culture
Her daughter was harassed by a boy on the girls’ team. Now, she’s speaking out to save Title IX(The Daily Signal) – Abby Cross and her husband went to the leadership of their daughter’s Bridgeport, West Virginia, middle school with concerns over a biological male competing alongside their daughter… Read More
Courts
Judge blocks suspensions of middle school female athletes who refused to compete against male student(The Daily Signal) – A West Virginia judge granted a preliminary injunction allowing several middle school girls to compete after the school district banned them from competition after refusing to… Read More
Courts
West Virginia track and field athletes granted injunction following protest(The Center Square) – A Harrison County Circuit Court judge ruled Thursday a group of middle school athletes can continue to compete in the shot put following a protest against… Read More
Courts
West Virginia AG supports lawsuit from 4 middle school athletes who protested(The Center Square) – The parents of a group of four West Virginia middle school track and field athletes filed a lawsuit against the Harrison County Board of Education regarding… Read More
Culture
Middle school girls refuse to compete in track and field events in protest of court ruling allowing boy to compete as girlFive middle school girls refused to participate in throwing events during a track and field championship in West Virginia in protest of a recent appeals court ruling in favor of… Read More
Opinion
Federal appeals court rules in favor of allowing boys in girls sports(The Daily Signal) – What does it take for a federal court to reach the outcome it wants—instead of the outcome that the law demands? Apparently, just some creative judicial… Read More
Courts
West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act struck down(The Center Square) – The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down West Virginia’s Save Women’s Sports Act on Tuesday in a 2-1 ruling that blocks the laws preventing those… Read More
Culture
West Virginia AG asks FBI to remove DEI from recruitment process priorities(The Center Square) – West Virginia’s attorney general called into question the FBI’s hiring practices in a letter sent to the associate deputy director Monday. The FBI prioritizes diversity, equity… Read More
Public Education
Report: K-12 student funding rose, test results haven’t in West Virginia(The Center Square) – West Virginia inflation-adjusted education funding per student grew from $12,351 in 2002 to $14,163 per student in 2020, according to a new report from Reason Foundation. Read More
Government
Bills in three states would bring fetal development video to public schoolsPro-life lawmakers in at least three states have proposed legislation that would require public schools to incorporate a video on fetal development into the standard health curriculum. Kentucky Rep. Nancy… Read More
Public Education
‘Social justice warriors who push their own perversion.’ West Virginia resident calls out school board members for silence on trans bathroom usageParents and residents of a West Virginia school district voiced their discontent with the district attorney’s opinion that the school must allow students to use bathroom according to gender identity. Read More
Culture
University’s trans training labels adults as ‘privileged’ group oppressing children(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A University of West Virginia (UWV) transgender training for students and staff portrays adults as oppressors and abusers of children. The public university’s LGBTQ Center… Read More