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CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice says he’s considering recently-passed legislation that would divide his administration’s biggest agency, the Department of Health and Human Resources, into two.

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CHARLESTON, WV - This year’s session of the West Virginia Legislature was packed with inter- and intra-party conflict, last-minute reversals on policies, and a host of bills that took up hours of lawmakers’ time, sucking the air out of the room and killing space for other debates.

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CHARLESTON, WV - There are more than 250 bills currently on Gov. Jim Justice’s desk from the recently completed 2022 session of the West Virginia Legislature.

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CHARLESTON, WV - COVID-19-driven hospitalizations in West Virginia dropped to less than 300 on Monday after peaking at nearly 1,100 on Feb. 2, which left many understaffed hospitals dependent on help from the National Guard.

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CHARLESTON, WV - One of the casualties in the final days of the legislature’s 60-day session was a bill that would have increased the reimbursement rates for some of the state’s largest hospitals that treat PEIA-covered patients.

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CHARLESTON, WV - It’s not yet time for the state to stop operating pop-up COVID-19 testing sites at locations around the state, Dr. Clay Marsh said Friday.

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CLARKSBURG, WV - Even as COVID-19 cases decrease, risk from the virus remains high in North Central West Virginia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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