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The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia (ACLU-WV) and attorneys Patrick Cassidy and Timothy F. Cogan of the Cassidy, Cogan, Shapell & Voegelin, L.C. law firm are taking legal action today to stop the city of Wheeling from destroying more encampments occupied by homeless community members.

As the school year approaches, state leaders, school boards and teachers are debating how to safely resume education amid a pandemic.Gov. Jim Justice recently announced a color-coded county ranking system that will monitor COVID-19 spread and determine how schools can open. While county officials evaluate in-person, hybrid and online-only options for their communities, some educators and public health experts are pushing for a statewide virtual start to the school year. 

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Under pressure from some community members, Morgantown officials are again making moves to relocate unhoused community members living in the Diamond Village encampment. Poverty is not a crime, and people experiencing homelessness are afforded the same rights under the Constitution as everyone else.

By Nikki Zinzuwadia

The West Virginia Criminal Law Reform Coalition is calling on judicial officials throughout the state to make use of the newly passed bail reform law to lower jail populations and reduce the spread of COVID-19. 

In the current political climate with COVID-19 ravaging the nation, an economic downturn and great uncertainty for many Americans, there has never been a more pivotal time for voters to make themselves heard.

A federal judge today decided not to delay enforcement of a ruling in an important case regarding which candidates get to appear first on West Virginia’s ballots.

The COVID-19 pandemic has not only laid bare the structural inequality in American society; it has also made that inequality deadlier.