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West Virginia sues ‘architect’ of state’s opioid crisis
Legal Newsline - Illinois
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General J.B. McCuskey’s office has filed a federal lawsuit against Express Scripts claiming the pharmacy benefit manager was the “architect” of the state’s opioid crisis. The lawsuit was filed August 15 in...
State of West Virginia sues national pharmacy benefit manager over opioid crisis
MetroNews - West Virginia
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August 18, 2025
Attorney General J.B. McCuskey announced a lawsuit against Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager, alleging its central role in the opioid crisis. The lawsuit claims St. Louis-based Express Scripts, now Evernorth Health, prioritized profits...
National Guard in DC might be equipped as West Virginia sends out soldiers at Trump’s demand to take on ‘out of control’ criminal offense
Web NewsWire
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August 18, 2025
National Guard soldiers released to Washington, DC, might quickly start bring weapons, as President Donald Trump broadens the Guard’s function in the capital with supports from West Virginia. The Wall Street Journal reported that some Guard...
International News Briefs for Monday, August 18, 2025
Havana Times
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August 18, 2025
HAVANA TIMES – We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, August 18, 2025. Trump to Host Zelensky at White House After Alaska Summit with Putin Fails to Secure Peace Deal Aug 18, 2025 President...
Texas House has enough lawmakers present to pass gerrymandered congressional map
The Guardian
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August 18, 2025
Texas House achieves quorum as Democrats return to statehouseThe Texas House achieved quorum today for the first time in two weeks since state Democrats staged a walkout in protest of a gerrymandered congressional map drawn by Republicans. “Let me...
Lawsuit challenging governor’s executive order on vaccines is revived
MetroNews - West Virginia
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August 18, 2025
A lawsuit challenging Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s directive to allow religious exemptions to vaccination requirements has been filed again. The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia and Mountain State Justice filed a new version of the legal...
Silica dust rule for coal miners faces new delay amid industry pressure and legal dispute
Environmental Health News
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August 18, 2025
A federal rule designed to cut coal miners' exposure to silica dust and slow the surge in black lung cases has been delayed again, pushing enforcement to at least October as industry opposition and legal challenges continue. Caity Coyne reports...
Where is marijuana legal?
InForum - North Dakota
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August 18, 2025
Some states have legalized medicinal and decriminalized marijuana. DISA provides a list of these states, as well as more details and information regarding the legalization of marijuana from state to state. Minnesota: Fully legal North Dakota:...
Republican Governors Send National Guard to D.C.
Reason Magazine
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August 18, 2025
Trump administration makes plea to Republican governors: National Guard personnel will be deployed from red states to Washington, D.C., under a deal between President Donald Trump and three Republican governors. Some 800 National Guardsmen are...
West Virginia, Ohio governors commit National Guard troops to D.C. policing
Parkersburg News & Sentinel - West Virginia
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A first sergeant with the District of Columbia National Guard watches as activists protest President Donald Trump's federal takeover of policing of the District of Columbia, Saturday, Aug. 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)...
Praise the Lord, and pass the rattlesnakes! West Virginia’s fading snake handling tradition
West Virginia Explorer
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August 18, 2025
JOLO, W.Va. — On a warm Sunday in late May 2012, a locally well-known Pentecostal pastor named Mack Wolford invited friends and family to what he billed as “a homecoming like the old days,” a day of music, prayer and the spiritual “signs” drawn...
West Virginia, Ohio Send Hundreds of National Guard Troops to Washington, D.C.
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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A member of the District of Columbia National Guard walks past the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) PARKERSBURG — National Guardsmen from West Virginia and Ohio are headed to Washington,...
West Virginia Vaccine Exemption Opponents File New Lawsuit
The Intelligencer - West Virginia
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FILE - Vials of the measles mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are displayed in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File) CHARLESTON — Opponents of Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s executive order allowing for religious...
GMC Monday Headlines: Governor McMaster Deploys South Carolina National Guard To D.C. & Several Candidates For SC Governor Spoke About A.I.
WOLO - South Carolina
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August 18, 2025
Monday Headlines: Governor McMaster joins Ohio and West Virginia as he authorized the deployment of 200 national guard troops to Washington D.C. & Several Governor candidates joined in a tech-talk to discuss the growing dangers of A.I. and its...
West Virginia removes soda from SNAP benefits to promote health
WTOV9 - Ohio
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has announced a federal waiver that allows the state to eliminate soda as an entitlement under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Morrisey collaborated with the...
Sunburn — The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics — 8.18.25
Florida Politics
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August 18, 2025
Good Monday morning. Welcome to the world — Brooks Allan Grissom, the son of Kristen and Mike Grissom (she is at Bascom Communications and Consulting, he is at Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC). Brooks was born on Aug. 14 at 10:25 a.m., weighing 8...
West Virginia National Guard to Deploy in D.C
[your]NEWS
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August 17, 2025
By Charles Hawes, Capital News WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a bold move that underscores the Trump administration’s sweeping effort to overhaul policing and combat homelessness in the nation’s capital, hundreds of National Guard troops from West Virginia...
Politico Pushes New Hoax, Claiming “Moped Driver” was Randomly Arrested by “Group of Masked Law Enforcement Officers” – WH Press Sec Fires Back with Facts on Illegal Alien Gangster who Assaulted Police
The Gateway Pundit
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August 18, 2025
President Trump announces plan to stop violent crime in Washington, DC – August 11, 2025 Far-left Politico was busted pushing a hoax about Trump’s federal crime crackdown in their periodical “Playbook” newsletter on Saturday, and the paper was...
West Virginia sending hundreds of National Guard members to DC
News Tribune - Missouri
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August 17, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will deploy across the nation's capital as part of the Trump administration's effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness. The...
West Virginia Deploys National Guard to Support Trump’s Federal Crime Crackdown in Washington, DC
[your]NEWS
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August 17, 2025
Governor Patrick Morrisey ordered up to 400 troops to the capital after President Trump invoked emergency powers to restore order. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey has directed between 300 and 400 members of the...