Democrats blame tariffs for West Virginia coal job losses

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — More than 1,000 coal mining jobs have disappeared in West Virginia since President Donald Trump returned ...

Dems: WV ‘going backwards’ as House passes bill to shield political donors’ employer info

A bill to keep the public from accessing certain information about political donors could soon become law after the West ...

The difficult choices faced by residents in one of America's poorest places

McDowell County, West Virginia barely survived coal's collapse and the opioid crisis. Now cuts to food stamps and Medicaid threaten to push its poorest residents to the edge.

West Virginia Senate passes its version of the state budget

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Friday, the West Virginia State Senate passed its version of the state budget for the next fiscal ...

West Virginia House Dems advocate utility bill freeze and cannabis referendums

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — West Virginia House Democrats held a press conference Thursday reviewing the first half of the ...

West Virginia Democrats seek to put cannabis legalization on public ballot

After years of their legalization efforts being blocked by the Republican majority, House Democrats have said they've filed paperwork to bring the public referendum process to the state.
The Register-Herald

Surge of Democrats, women file to run for office in West Virginia’s 2026 primary election

CHARLESTON — Democrats have filed to run for at least 85 of the 100 seats in the West Virginia House of Delegates and 17 of the 19 seats up for grabs in the Senate this year. The at least 125 ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

Democrats celebrate ‘surge’ of candidate filings in West Virginia

PARKERSBURG — The Democratic Party in West Virginia on Monday reported what it calls an “historic surge” in Democratic candidate filings for the 2026 elections. “The Democratic Party understands ...