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CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Senate approved a bill Monday to tie the maximum number of weeks of unemployment benefits to the monthly unemployment rate.

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WASHINGTON D.C. - West Virginia topped Forbes Advisor's list of states with the least healthy populations, while Hawaii ranked as the state with the healthiest residents.

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WASHINGTON D.C. - While respiratory virus season started early this year, the number of emergency room visits for the flu, COVID and RSV are lower this week than they have been in months.

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CHARLESTON, WV - While there are many bright spots and plenty of good news surrounding West Virginia’s economy and state revenues for lawmakers to build on, there are trouble spots as well.

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CHARLESTON, WV - Health care is one of the most contentious topics in political discourse.

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WHEELING, WV - Officials in the city of Wheeling pumped the brakes on any further expenditures from its pool of American Rescue Plan Act funds, as only about $4 million remains in the drawer that about a year ago was brimming with around $29 million.

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CHARLESTON, WV - I don’t like to make predictions when it comes to legislation.

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