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Breonna Taylor Protesters March Through Louisville: 'Whose Streets? Our Streets'
Tensions were high Saturday in Louisville as citizens once again came out to protest the lack of indictments against the officers accused of killing Breonna Taylor in her sleep.
West Virginia House Debates Education Bill Amid Teacher Protests
Lawmakers in West Virginia considered another education omnibus bill Monday, amid nearly two years of strikes by angry teachers in the state demanding pay raises and a Republican-led state Senate intent on privatizing education across the state.
Teachers Protest New West Virginia Education Bill
Teachers by the hundreds filled the halls of the West Virginia state capitol on Saturday to express their outrage against the Senate leader and his bill, the Student Success Act.
West Virginia Senate to Hold Weekend Session for Education Bill
The Republican leader of the West Virginia Senate is once again angering teachers in the Mountain State by calling for a special legislative session on Saturday in an attempt to pass a bill that would allow for an unlimited amount of charter schools.
West Virginia Teachers Strike Kills Charter-School Bill
West Virginia teachers and other school personnel went back to work Thursday after their two-day strike killed a bill aimed at bringing charter schools and private-school vouchers to fruition in the Mountain State.
West Virginia Teachers Strike to Oppose State Education Bill
Teachers from all 55 West Virginia counties went on strike Tuesday in an effort to ensure that a highly complex education bill that included proposals for charter schools and educational savings accounts would be tabled indefinitely.
Tight Races Mean Likely Long Nights in the Two Virginias
The biggest midterm election in a generation is now less than 24 hours away, with voters being asked to decide whether President Donald Trump's no-holds-barred politics will define Washington, D.C. for at least the next two years or if Democrats have made a convincing argument for ending the GOP monopoly in the nation's capitol.
Hate-Crime Acquittal Roils LGBTQ Community in West Virginia
Living in one of the 20 states where it is not a hate crime to attack someone for being gay, Angel Harless had been optimistic about finding justice when federal prosecutors indicted the man who knocked her unconscious last fall in a West Virginia bar. After that trial ended on Aug. 29 in an acquittal for John Perry Taylor IV, her positivity has taken a sharper focus.