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CHARLESTON, WV - House of Delegates Speaker Roger Hanshaw says lawmakers and Gov. Jim Justice are close to finalizing an agreement on tax cuts.

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CHARLESTON, WV - A bill sponsored by several Wood County lawmakers to cap the number of substance use treatment beds in counties passed the West Virginia House of Delegates Thursday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Bills to lower insulin and insulin device copays, and to put more oil and gas well inspectors into the field topped the list of bills winning approval in the Senate and House on Thursday.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Senators voted overwhelmingly to divide the Department of Health of Human Resources into three separate agencies, and Gov. Jim Justice says he is open to signing the bill into law.

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CHARLESTON, WV - With the 2023 West Virginia legislative session more than halfway over, Marion County’s representatives are hoping to finish out the year strong, be that by passing additional legislation or by stopping bills they think could be bad for the state.

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CHARLESTON, WV - A new West Virginia Parkinson’s disease (PD) registry has taken a big step forward with the announcement of a planning grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), the world’s largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s disease research.

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WHEELING, WV - Hospitals are experiencing a shortage of nurses across the nation following the COVID-19 pandemic with a new surge of travel nurses stepping away from bedside care.

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