On this West Virginia Morning, we hear from Tudor’s Biscuit World employees about their efforts to unionize. Also, in this show, we hear a conversation from the most recent episode of The Legislature Today. WVPB’s energy and environment reporter Curtis Tate spoke with economists John Deskins of West Virginia University and Sean O’Leary of West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.

State lawmakers will get a chance to learn how to operate a drone during West Virginia University Day at the Legislature on Tuesday.

This week on The Legislature Today, West Virginians weigh in on a controversial piece of legislation. As health reporter June Leffler reports, pro-life and pro-choice residents spoke on two abortion bills at a public hearing Monday in front of state lawmakers.

With a Republican supermajority in the statehouse, the bill has a good shot at becoming law. The House Judiciary Committee is next to take up the bill.

The Senate Education Committee on Thursday passed SB 261, which would modify and strengthen a 2019 law that requires cameras in special education classrooms.

As part of an effort to encourage more teachers to live in McDowell County, a nonprofit called Reconnecting McDowell began envisioning a housing project in downtown Welch in 2011. The Renaissance Village is now officially complete, with 20 apartments in a 4-story building in downtown Welch.

Concerns over vulnerable mine reclamation bonds in West Virginia has the Senate attempting to be proactive according to Senate President Craig Blair (R-Berkeley) who introduced Senate Bill 1, “Creating a Mining Mutual Insurance Company” on the first day of the 2022 legislative session.

For the first time in history, a graduate of the West Virginia National Guard’s Mountaineer ChalleNGe Academy-South will attend the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Three parents of children who attend public schools in West Virginia have filed a lawsuit challenging the state's private school voucher law.

West Virginia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point to 3.7 percent in December, the lowest rate for the state on record.