A report from the US Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that in May of this year, 717,000 jobs were held within the state, but a year ago that number was over 725,000. Executive Director for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Kelly Allen said elections could be a reason why.

James Walkinshaw has won the Democratic nomination in the special election to succeed the late Virginia Rep. Gerald E. Connolly.

West Virginia on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to hear a case against a state law barring transgender athletes from girls’ and women’s school sports teams, citing the high court’s recent