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Trump administration reverses planned closures of 3 dozen US mine safety offices

Trump administration reverses planned closures of 3 dozen US mine safety offices

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- The Trump administration is dropping plans to terminate leases for 34 offices in the Mine Safety and Health Administration, the agency responsible for enforcing mine safety laws, the Department of Labor said Thursday.

Groups sue over West Virginia governor's order on religious exemptions for school vaccines

Groups sue over West Virginia governor's order on religious exemptions for school vaccines

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Two groups filed a lawsuit Friday over an executive order by West Virginia Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey granting religious exemptions from required school vaccinations.

US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act

US judge temporarily stops west Texas immigrant deportations under Alien Enemies Act

A federal judge in west Texas joined other courts in temporarily blocking the deportations of Venezuelan immigrants under an 18th-century wartime law known as the Alien Enemies Act.

Republican Jim Justice flips US Senate seat from West Virginia after Manchin retirement

Republican Jim Justice flips US Senate seat from West Virginia after Manchin retirement

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Jim Justice won a U.S. Senate race from West Virginia on Tuesday, flipping a seat to the Republican Party after Joe Manchin decided not to seek reelection.

GOP Gov. Jim Justice battles Democrat Glenn Elliott for US Senate seat from West Virginia

GOP Gov. Jim Justice battles Democrat Glenn Elliott for US Senate seat from West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Voters in ruby red West Virginia will decide Tuesday whether a U.S. Senate seat will flip to Republican.

Jim Justice looks past his business struggles and declares himself a Senate winner in West Virginia

Jim Justice looks past his business struggles and declares himself a Senate winner in West Virginia

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- More than a month before the Nov. 5 election, Jim Justice declared victory in his Senate race in deeply Republican West Virginia, a chest thump at the same time the two-term governor was in a behind-the-scenes fight to keep some of his family businesses in good standing.

West Virginia governor's bulldog gets her own bobblehead after GOP convention appearance

West Virginia governor's bulldog gets her own bobblehead after GOP convention appearance

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's English bulldog is getting her own bobblehead.

Joe Manchin isn't a candidate 5 months before the election. But he still has time to change his mind

Joe Manchin isn't a candidate 5 months before the election. But he still has time to change his mind

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Every election cycle, it seems, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia tries to find the best fit for himself, dragging both sides of the political aisle -- and an entire home-state electorate -- along for a wobbly ride.