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AG Sessions says the Bible backs the Trump administration policy separating children from parents. Also on the Friday rundown: emails suggest political interference in feds ending a Mining-Health Study; and Iowa marks Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

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Initial research found higher levels of cancer and birth defects in residents around surface mines, but a broad federal study to follow up on those problems was canceled. (Vivian Stockman/Southwings)

Emails Suggest Political Interference in Feds Ending Mining-Health Study

Friday, June 15, 2018

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – New evidence suggests political pressure had a role in the U.S. Department of the Interior's sudden cancellation of a ...Read More

Pennsylvania State University Prof. Michael Mann is considered one of the nation's most important climate scientists. He'll be at a Charleston event that's open to the public Tuesday. (Tom Cogill)

Top Climate Scientist Welcomes Skeptics to Charleston Event

Monday, June 11, 2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One of the nation's most prominent climate researchers will be at an event in Charleston on Tuesday. Michael Mann is a ...Read More

If allowed, Sinclair would grow to reach nearly three quarters of the U.S. population. (Pixabay)

Shareholders to Protest at Sinclair Broadcast Meeting

Thursday, June 7, 2018

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Shareholders of Sinclair Broadcast Group holding their annual meeting outside of Baltimore Thursday will be met by ...Read More

The Center for American Progress says many LGBT detainees in ICE custody are asylum seekers, and shouldn't be kept in detention while awaiting immigration hearings. (DHS/Wikipedia)

Sexual Assault 100 Times More Likely For LGBT Migrants In ICE Custody

Monday, June 4, 2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — New data shows lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender immigrants are 97 times more likely to face sexual assault in federal ...Read More

In the current market, natural gas is much less expensive than coal as fuel for West Virginia power plants. (Pixabay)

WV Anti-Power-Plant Group: "Grassroots" or Artificial Turf?

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Calling itself a grassroots citizens group, an organization opposing new gas power plants is getting key backing from coal ...Read More

Approximately 833,000 people drive for Uber in a year, which would account for 0.56 percent of all employment. But on average, drivers work 17 hours per week and just three months. (Alexander Torrenegra/Wikipedia)

Study Shows Limits of Uber, Gig Economy

Monday, May 21, 2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The nation is making progress toward full employment, according to recent data, but don't rush to attribute that to the so- ...Read More

Critics charge the only way changes being proposed in Congress to SNAP would save the government money is by ending food assistance to eligible households. (American Heart Association)

SNAP Changes Would Require “Massive Expansion of Bureaucracy”

Friday, May 18, 2018

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – Changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) now under debate in Congress would mean an explosion of ...Read More

Organizers of the new Poor People's Campaign say some of what Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was pursuing with the first Poor People's Campaign has been sanitized and watered down by time. (Birmingham, Ala., Police Dept.)

WV Rally Today to Reconnect with MLK’s Radical Vision

Monday, May 14, 2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Poor People's Campaign here and across the country is reconnecting with Martin Luther King's surprisingly radical ...Read More

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