Marshall Professor Weighs In On Significance Of Nation’s Founding – 250 Years Later, This West Virginia Morning

WVPB had a conversation with Us & Them host Trey Kay earlier this week on the significance today of the 250th anniversary of America’s founding. This week, WVPB is hosting a special screening event at Marshall University with excerpts from Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, and Kay will lead a panel discussion. We once again hear from Kay, this time speaking with one of the panelists — Marshall University political science professor George Davis — about why revisiting the nation’s founding story still matters.

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Health & Science Chris Schulz, About 12 hours ago

SOAR-WV Sues To End State Moratorium On Methadone Treatment

The suit – filed with the help of the ACLU of West Virginia – argues the moratorium violates Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Health & Science Chris Schulz, Dec. 09, 2025

Attorney General Files Opioid Suit Against United Health Company

The suit is the latest in years of legal action to try and recoup damages for the effects of the opioid crisis from the companies seen as primarily responsible.

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Health & Science Eric Douglas, Aug. 18, 2025

State Attorney General Sues Express Scripts Over Opioid Epidemic

The suit alleges the company conspired with opioid manufacturers to deceptively market opioids and manipulate public perception regarding their safety and addictive potential.

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Education Jessica Riley +, Jul. 09, 2025

Politically Connected Program Gets Opioid Funds While Experts Warn It May Not Work

GameChanger, a statewide prevention education program, is funded by the business community, the government and private companies, according to its founder. But they are also being funded by a new source of money: global opioid settlement funds.

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Economy Claudia Di Lima, Jul. 08, 2025

Some W.Va. Counties Pay Jail Debt With Opioid Funds, Citing Budget Strains

Wyoming County is one of the state’s most rural. It’s home to about 20,000 residents, but no hospital and zero certified treatment beds, according to the West Virginia Office of Drug Control Policy. As the nation’s opioid overdose epidemic raged, Wyoming County had a prescription overdose death rate of 54.6 per 100,000 people from 1999 to 2014 — the highest in the nation.

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Health & Science Hannah Heiskell, Jul. 07, 2025

W.Va. Counties Set The Rules For Opioid Funds — With No One Watching

An investigation conducted by journalism students at West Virginia University’s Reed School of Media shows the oversight and accountability built into local spending of opioid settlement funds can be markedly inconsistent from county to county.

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