During the 2018 midterm elections, many Democrats across the country argued that they would be better positioned than their Republican rivals to protect Americans’ health insurance provided under the Affordable Care Act. The 2018 election cycle may be over now, but the West Virginia Democratic Party continues to make that […]

West Virginia is reeling from the opioid epidemic, including a significant impact on children whose parents have become addicted. During recent testimony before the state Senate, Jeremiah Samples, the deputy secretary of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, sought to explain exactly how big that impact has been. […]

During his State of the State address on Jan. 9, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice made the opioid epidemic a focus of his speech. At one point, Justice said, “Now, in Cabell County, we just had information that we reduced our overdoses by 40 percent.” The governor’s office did not […]