Lori Kersey

A woman in Raleigh County, West Virginia filed a lawsuit, on June 24, 2025, seeking a religious exemption from required school vaccinations for her young child. Miranda Guzman alleges that the state's vaccine mandate violates a 2023 West Virginia law that stipulates the government would not be able to “substantially burden” someone’s constitutional right to freedom of religion unless doing so “is essential to further a compelling governmental interest.” Guzman sued the state and local boards of education and the county schools superintendent in Raleigh County Circuit Court. West Virginia was among just a handful of states that granted only medical exemptions from school vaccinations when Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey issued an executive order in January allowing religious exemptions. However, the state Board of Education voted this month to direct public schools to ignore the executive order and instead follow long-standing school vaccine requirements that are laid out in state law.

Six people were arrested Wednesday afternoon at West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's office in Charleston, West Virginia, as they attempted to protest proposed federal cuts to food assistance and health care programs.

Flash floods on Thursday evening struck several parts of West Virginia, including an area in the northern part of the state still reeling from severe weather earlier this month.

West Virginia Republican Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice cast their votes in support of their party's massive policy bill.

The Supreme Court of the United States will take up a challenge of a West Virginia law prohibiting transgender athletes from participating in school

West Virginia House of Representative members Carol Miller and Riley Moore, both Republicans, praised the House's passage of a massive tax credit and spending bill Thursday.

As residents of the northern part of the state recover from last month's deadly flooding, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Tuesday he'll continue to push federal officials to issue a disaster declaration.

As residents of the northern part of the state recover from last month’s deadly flooding, West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey said Tuesday he’ll continue to push federal officials to issue a disaster declaration.

The West Virginia Water Development Authority violated the state constitution when it awarded a $5 million grant to an Ohio religious school, a Kanawha County judge ruled Wednesday.

Four more former Southern Regional Jail correctional officers were sentenced to prison this week for their roles in the death of an inmate in 2022.