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An NC Senate committee on May 13 unanimously advanced a bill that which would create the state’s first systematic K-8 math intervention program, modeled on Read to Achieve.

This comes as FEMA faces criticism over its handling of the Texas floods and denying funding to several states that faced similar disasters. 

Quantez Burks died in custody at a West Virginia jail. Officers tried to cover it up, but an independent autopsy revealed his true cause of death.

Donald Ray Lantz and Jeanne Kay Whitefeather stand accused.

101-year-old Merrill Pittman Cooper recently received an honorary diploma.

The Anti-Racism Act of 2022 passed the West Virginia Senate by a 21-12 vote on Wednesday and has been sent to the House. The bill prevents the teaching that any race, ethnicity, or biological sex is superior to another in public K-12 schools and colleges—which don't teach any of that. 

On February 1, the first day of Black History Month, West Virginia Delegate Danielle Walker (D-Monongalia), the only Black woman lawmaker in the state, received an email that included an image of a KKK member from now-former Berkeley County West Virginians For Life President Richard Demoske.

Prominent Black civil rights leaders, politicians, and activists unloaded on Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after the West Virginia politician doubled down on his decision to vote against the For the People Act.

The Democratic Senator from West Virginia penned an op-ed opposing Democracy reform legislation, citing a lack of bipartisan support despite evidence of Republican coordination to pass voter suppression laws.

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has explained why he isn't racist after using the word "thugs" to describe a girls' basketball team with Black players and their Black coaches getting into an altercation during a game.

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Imagine if more cops knew how to deescalate without using a weapon.

NewsOne Now continues its conversation with Gardner about the process of getting released from prison after serving 27 years.