Foster Care

The first commercial farm to be staffed and operated by foster care youth is being built at the Stepping Stones Residential Treatment Facility in Wayne County.

On this West Virginia Morning, we begin a new, four-part radio series examining the history and future of greyhound racing. By next year, West Virginia will have the last two greyhound racing tracks in the United States. Part one of this series takes us to the track, where wagering patrons and a staff of greyhound handlers keep the tote boards lit up and the dogs running.

On this West Virginia Morning, the state is looking at a new way to encourage addiction treatment providers to do better, based on how stable and sober their clients are months or even years after initial treatment. We take a closer look at this initiative.

On this West Virginia Morning, the 2022 state legislative session ended Saturday night at midnight with a number of important bills passing, but a number of much-discussed bills not making it through in time. We have a reporter roundtable to recap the action from the weekend.

House Bill 4344 was intended to better support and protect more than 7,000 of West Virginia’s most vulnerable children. Late on the final day of the legislative season, a greatly amended version of the bill passed by the Senate went to the House. But, time ran out before Delegates could concur or reject the bill. The bill died

House Bill 4252 would cut costs for people with diabetes and House Bill 4344 would raise wages for child welfare workers. Both had overwhelming support in the House, but are now stalled in the Senate Finance Committee.

On this week’s episode of The Legislature Today, it’s been a week full of activity, split floor sessions and Crossover Day – when all bills must make it out of their house of origin if they are to continue through the legislative process. This rule affects all bills except for the budget bill and supplementary appropriations bills.

On this West Virginia Morning, West Virginia has one of the highest rates of children living in foster care or in group homes. State lawmakers say the system designed to take care of them is broken and are trying to change that.

On this West Virginia Morning, we hear the third installment of a new radio series called West Virginia Water Trails. In this story, we learn how the Guyandotte River in Lincoln County is helping to unite the community.

On this West Virginia Morning, Gov. Jim Justice delivered his 2022 State of the State address Thursday night. The governor was forced to postpone his address earlier this month after testing positive for COVID-19.