CHARLESTON — State Chief Health Officer Dr. Rahul Gupta spent his last day on the job Wednesday. Gupta will take over next week as the senior vice president and chief medical […]
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Election Day in Monongalia County ‘absolutely phenomenal’
MORGANTOWN — It took Monongalia County Clerk Carye Blaney, her staff and poll workers about 62 minutes from the 7:30 p.m. close of the polls on Election Day to begin […]
WVSOS: Tuesday election turnout in West Virginia topped 47 percent
CHARLESTON — Chances are if you went out to vote on Tuesday in West Virginia, you had to wait in line. That is because of the high voter turnout across the […]
DeSantis wins Florida governor race, Scott leads Senate
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Republicans appeared set to sweep Florida’s top offices Tuesday as Ron DeSantis won the governor race, Gov. Rick Scott led incumbent U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson and […]
Georgia’s Kemp big in small towns; Abrams awaits metro votes
ATLANTA — Voters in one of the nation’s most closely watched governor’s races cast ballots Tuesday amid an ongoing dispute about one of the candidates’ management of Georgia’s elections system, […]
Cruz fends off O’Rourke in Texas Senate race
EL PASO, Texas — Sen. Ted Cruz fended off a spirited underdog challenge from Democrat Beto O’Rourke to win re-election on Tuesday in a Texas race that once seemed like […]
Amendment is approved for lawmakers to have more judicial budget oversight
CHARLESTON — An amendment to allow lawmakers to have more oversight of the judicial branch’s budget has been overwhelmingly approved by voters. The amendment would allow the Legislature to reduce […]
Majority leaders in W.Va. House, Senate are defeated
CHARLESTON — Republicans kept their majorities in the state Senate and House of Delegates but lost their majority leaders. Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, a Republican, was defeated by challenger […]
McKinley tops Fershee to keep U.S. House 1st District seat
MORGANTOWN — With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Rep. David McKinley was on his way Tuesday night to an overwhelming victory and re-election to his House of Representatives 1st District seat. […]
Voters approve Amendment One abortion issue
MORGANTOWN — Pro-life advocates celebrated a narrow victory with Tuesday night’s passage of Amendment One, which could remove the state’s mandate to pay for some abortions. With only a few […]
