Mountain State Spotlight

Government

For 20 Years, Purdue Pharma Has Kept OxyContin Records Sealed In A W.Va. Courthouse. Now, There’s A Push To Open Them.

In three weeks, a West Virginia judge will take up a request to unseal court documents that include details about OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s deceptive sales practices. The contents of the entire court file have remained secret for two decades.
Government

Trails, Textbooks And Towers: Here Are The ‘Broadband’ Expenses W.Va. Gov. Justice Charged To The CARES Act

In September, Governor Jim Justice promised to spend $50 million of the state’s federal coronavirus response fund to bring internet to underserved areas of West Virginia. Making that happen by the end-of-the-year deadline, however, proved much harder.