West Virginia
“African-Americans in West Virginia could be his Achilles' heel,”said Owens Brown, president of the West Virginia NAACP.
The freshman congressman ripped into the West Virginia senator's op-ed, in which he said he would vote against Democrats' elections reform bill.
Hunting licenses and scholarships will also be among the vaccine incentives offered in the state.
House Bill 3293 prohibits trans girls and women from playing on women's sports teams at any public secondary school or state institution of higher education.
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"If Congress wants to make D.C. a state, it should propose a constitutional amendment,” Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said.
Republican Gov. Jim Justice passed a bill this week banning trans women and girls from playing on sports teams consistent with their gender identities.
Lawmakers in Florida and West Virginia advanced anti-transgender legislation during the president's hour-long speech to Congress on Wednesday night.
“I don’t know really what the big rush to get rid of the mask is, because these masks have saved a lot of lives,” said Jim Justice.
The West Virginia Democrats held a private meeting with workers and anti-poverty activists campaigning for a $15 minimum wage.