Topline Two lawsuits filed Wednesday in North Carolina and West Virginia are asking for the states to lift restrictions on abortion pills, arguing that federal rules allowing them should outweigh stat...
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Walgreens Strikes $83 Million Settlement With West Virginia Over Opioid Crisis
Topline Walgreens has agreed to pay West Virginia $83 million to settle allegations the pharmacy chain contributed to the opioid crisis in the state, which has the nation’s highest overdose death rate...
Reports Of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated (apologies To Mark Twain)
An Early Colliery Locomotive’, circa 1930. From ‘The Splendid Book of Locomotives’, by C. Gibbard … [+] Jackson. [Sampson Low, Marston Co Ltd London, circa 1930]. Artist Unknow...
How Joe Manchin Enabled President Biden’s Assault On The Coal Industry
TOPSHOT – US President Joe Biden signs the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 into law during a … [+] ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 16, 202...
How Berkshire Hathaway Energy Escaped ‘The Coal Trap’
HILLSBOROUGH, NJ – JULY 15: Employees of SunEdison install photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of … [+] a Kohl’s Department Store on July 15, 2008 in Hillsborough, New Jersey. Comp...
Abortion Now Illegal In West Virginia As Gov. Signs Ban Into Law
Topline It is now illegal in almost all instances to get an abortion in West Virginia, as Gov. Jim Justice (R) said Friday he had signed the state’s near-total ban on the procedure into law, making We...
Electric Vehicle Battery Production May Lead To Coal Country’s Return
US President Joe Biden tours the General Motors Factory ZERO electric vehicle assembly plant with … [+] General Motors CEO Mary Barra (2L), Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh (2R), and United Auto W...
West Virginia Abortion Ban Blocked In Court—Here’s Where State Lawsuits Stand Now
Topline Abortion is now allowed again in West Virginia, at least temporarily, after a state judge blocked on Monday a 19th century-era abortion ban that went back into effect last month, as abortion p...
John Fetterman Supports Soda Taxes & Claims They Aren’t Regressive, But Bernie Sanders Begs To Differ
Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman (D – PA), now Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate (Photo by Mark … [+] Makela/Getty Images) Getty Images Soda taxes are once again back in the news thanks...
New GreenPower Electric School Bus Plant Announced As Concern For Student Health Builds
Electric school bus built by Vancouver, BC-based GreenPower in front of West Virginia state capitol … [+] in Charleston. GreenPower plans to build an electric school bus plant in South Charlesto...