Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s foster care plan brings kids back to West Virginia, but it still leaves the state overreliant on group homes.

A House proposal to cap the Hope Scholarship sparked pushback as lawmakers grapple with a projected $230 million cost.

For many West Virginia foster kids, the issue isn’t that they’re out-of-state. It’s that they’re institutionalized in the first place.

Throughout the session, lawmakers have protected data center development by blocking attempts for more transparency and input from communities.

Lawmakers have just under three weeks to push through legislation to help parents and providers if federal child care rules are reversed. The Biden administration passed a rule that federal subsidies ...

Federal officials want to roll back child care funding rules designed to stabilize providers and lower costs for families.