News Tipoffs - West Virginia Editors
149th Civil Engineer Squadron engineers train for deployment, increase readiness
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Aug. 25 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news:
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149th Civil Engineer Squadron engineers train for deployment, increase readiness
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CAMP MURRAY, Washington - Airmen with the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Civil Engineer Squadron of the 149th Fighter Wing, based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, recently participated in a National Guard Bureau deployment for training at Camp Murray, Washington.
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Acting Alaska A.G. Mills Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
JUNEAU, Alaska, Aug. 27 -- The Alaska Department of Law issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026:
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Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
Meta to Pay Up to $17 Billion and Implement Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook
August 26, 2026
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(Anchorage, AK) - Today, Attorney General Mills announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.--one of the largest state consumer prote
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AG Brown announces largest Big Tech settlement in history
OLYMPIA, Washington, Aug. 26 -- Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown issued the following news release:
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AG Brown announces largest Big Tech settlement in history
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Meta to pay up to $17 billion and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook
Washington Attorney General Nick Brown announced today a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc., to end litigation alleging the company knowingly failed to protect children on Facebook
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AG Campbell Reaches Landmark Settlement With Meta That Requires Design Changes To Protect Massachusetts Young People From Social Media Harms
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Aug. 26 -- Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell issued the following news release:
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AG Campbell Reaches Landmark Settlement With Meta That Requires Design Changes To Protect Massachusetts Young People From Social Media Harms
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Boston -Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell today joined a bipartisan multistate coalition in announcing a landmark $17.1 billion settlement with Meta resolving allegations that the company designed and operated
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AG Labrador Delivers Largest Big Tech Settlement in History for Child Protection Against Facebook, Instagram
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 26 -- Idaho Attorney General Raul R. Labrador issued the following news release:
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AG Labrador Delivers Largest Big Tech Settlement in History for Child Protection Against Facebook, Instagram
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BOISE, ID - Attorney General Raul Labrador announced today a staggering $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. This is one of the largest state consumer protection settlements on record outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. The agreement resolv
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AG Nessel Announces Landmark Settlement with Meta
LANSING, Michigan, Aug. 26 -- Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following news release:
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AG Nessel Announces Landmark Settlement with Meta
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LANSING -Today, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a landmark multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. to implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook. In addition to the set of safety features, Michigan will receive at least $171 million under the agreement.
The settlement resolves claims by
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Americans for Tax Reform: List of Entities Providing Contributions to Trump Accounts for Kids
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Americans for Tax Reform issued the following commentary:
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List of Entities Providing Contributions to Trump Accounts for Kids
By John Kartch and Rachel Loren
Americans for Tax Reform's tracker of Trump Accounts announcements has reached 95.
As documented below at least 95 companies, foundations, individuals and states have announced contributions to the accounts or in the case of foster children, establishment of the accounts.
Trump Accounts for kids were enact
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Ariz. A.G. Mayes Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 27 -- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026:
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Attorney General Mayes Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
Today, Attorney General Mayes announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.--one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history outside the Big Tobacco settlements of the 1990s. In addition to the payment, Meta must implement a sweeping set of safe
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Attorney General Alan Wilson announces largest Big Tech settlement in history
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, Aug. 26 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news:
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Attorney General Alan Wilson announces largest Big Tech settlement in history
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Meta to pay $17.1 billion and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook
(COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Today, Attorney General Alan Wilson announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc., one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in histor
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Attorney General Bonta Secures Transformative $17 Billion Settlement with Meta, Proposed Settlement Includes Fundamental Changes to Instagram and Facebook
SACRAMENTO, California, Aug. 26 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Secures Transformative $17 Billion Settlement with Meta, Proposed Settlement Includes Fundamental Changes to Instagram and Facebook
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Meta must make massive transformations that will reduce the risk of harm from its platforms -and will do it within months.
OAKLAND -California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a bipartisan coalition of 51 attorneys general tod
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Attorney General Brenna Bird Announces Massive Big Tech Win for Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 26 -- Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Brenna Bird Announces Massive Big Tech Win for Iowa
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Meta to Make Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook and Pay Up to $17 Billion
DES MOINES-Today, Attorney General Brenna Bird announced a landmark $17.1 billion-dollar multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.-one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history.
Iowa Attorney Ge
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Attorney General Clark Announces Historic $92.7 Million Settlement With Meta
MONTPELIER, Vermont, Aug. 26 -- Vermont Attorney General Charity Clark posted the following news release:
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Attorney General Clark Announces Historic $92.7 Million Settlement With Meta
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Attorney General Charity Clark today announced a historic settlement with the social media company Meta, resolving allegations that the company knowingly placed children at harm by designing Instagram to be addictive while knowing the resultant devastating mental health problems. Meta will pay Vermont $9
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Attorney General Griffin Announces Historic Child-Safety Reform in $17.1 Billion Settlement with Meta
LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, Aug. 26 -- Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Griffin Announces Historic Child-Safety Reform in $17.1 Billion Settlement with Meta
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#Griffin: 'Meta must implement a sweeping set of safety features designed to protect children on Instagram and Facebook''
LITTLE ROCK - Attorney General Tim Griffin issued the following statement announcing that he and 50 other attorneys general have reached a settlement with M
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Attorney General Hanaway Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 26 -- Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Hanaway Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
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Meta to Pay Up to $17 Billion and Implement Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on
Instagram and Facebook
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Today, Attorney General Hanaway announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. - one of the largest state consumer protection settlement
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Attorney General Hilgers Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Aug. 26 -- Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Hilgers Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
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Meta to Pay Up to $17 Billion and Implement Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook
Lincoln - Today, Attorney General Hilgers announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. This is the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside the Big
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Attorney General James Secures Up to $17.1 Billion and Groundbreaking Reforms from Meta to Protect Children on Social Media
ALBANY, New York, Aug. 26 -- New York Attorney General Letitia James issued the following news release:
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Attorney General James Secures Up to $17.1 Billion and Groundbreaking Reforms from Meta to Protect Children on Social Media
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NEW YORK - New York Attorney General Letitia James and a bipartisan coalition of 50 other attorneys general today secured up to $17.1 billion from social media giant Meta, along with transformative changes to Facebook and Instagram to stop addictive and harmfu
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Attorney General JB McCuskey Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 26 -- West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey posted the following news release:
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Attorney General JB McCuskey Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
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Meta to pay up to $17 billion and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook
Today, Attorney General JB McCuskey announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.-the largest state consumer protection settlement in history outside
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Attorney General Skrmetti Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Aug. 26 -- Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti issued the following news:
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Attorney General Skrmetti Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
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Today, Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.-one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in history. In addition to the payment, Meta is required to implement a sweeping set of unprecedented safety features to prote
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Attorney General Tong Announces $17.1 Billion Settlement with Meta, Forces Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook
HARTFORD, Connecticut, Aug. 26 -- Connecticut Attorney General William Tong issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Tong Announces $17.1 Billion Settlement with Meta, Forces Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook
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Press Releases
Connecticut to Receive up to $265.4 Million
(Hartford, CT) -Attorney General William Tong today announced a landmark $17.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. that will enforce sweeping new safety reforms to p
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Attorney General Weiser announces historic settlement with Meta Platforms
DENVER, Colorado, Aug. 26 -- Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Weiser announces historic settlement with Meta Platforms
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Aug. 26, 2026 (DENVER) - Social media giant Meta Platforms, Inc. will pay over $17 billion and implement sweeping child-safety reforms on Instagram and Facebook under a nationwide settlement Attorney General Phil Weiser announced today. The landmark multistate settlement with Meta is one of the largest state co
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Dawn of the Deans: UM Starts Semester With 3 New College Administrators
MISSOULA, Montana, Aug. 25 -- The University of Montana posted the following news release:
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Dawn of the Deans: UM Starts Semester With 3 New College Administrators
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The new administrators are Michael Lynn, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; Leslie Rissler, dean of the College of Science; and Jenn Snow, dean of the Phyllis J. Washington College of Education.
"It's a new day at UM, with a major injection of fresh ideas and leadership," UM Provost Adrea Lawrence said.
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Del. A.G. Jennings Announces Largest Big Tech Settlement in History
DOVER, Delaware, Aug. 27 -- Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026:
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AG Jennings announces largest Big Tech settlement in history
Meta to pay Delaware up to $103 million, implement sweeping child safety reforms
Delaware to make generational investment in children's mental health
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WILMINGTON, Del.--Attorney General Kathy Jennings today announced a landmark $12.1 billion multistate settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc.--one of the la
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Empower Oversight Files Federal Whistleblower Referral Alleging Fraud and Misuse of HIV/AIDS Program Funds in West Virginia
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Aug. 27 -- Empower Oversight Whistleblowers and Research, an organization dedicated to enhancing independent oversight of government and corporate wrongdoing, issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026:
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Empower Oversight Files Federal Whistleblower Referral Alleging Fraud and Misuse of HIV/AIDS Program Funds in West Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Empower Oversight today filed a whistleblower referral with the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Health and
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Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces New Round of Volunteers and Everytown Leaders Endorsements, Backing 54 Candidates Across 24 States
NEW YORK, Aug. 25 [Category: Sociological] -- Everytown for Gun Safety posted the following news release:
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Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Announces New Round of Volunteers and Everytown Leaders Endorsements, Backing 54 Candidates Across 24 States
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Everytown Endorsements Include Candidates Running in AR, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MO, NH, NC, ND, OH, OK, RI, TN, TX, VT, VA, and WV
NEW YORK -Today, Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund announced its latest round of
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Fairmont State Board of Governors Reviews Strategic Planning, Athletics, and Campus Investments
FAIRMONT, West Virginia, Aug. 26 -- Fairmont State University posted the following news:
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Fairmont State Board of Governors Reviews Strategic Planning, Athletics, and Campus Investments
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Fairmont State University's Board of Governors met on August 20 for their regularly scheduled bi-monthly meeting, receiving updates on strategic planning, enrollment, student success, housing, and financial stewardship as the University begins the 2026-27 academic year.
The meeting opened with the Pr
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Governor Morrisey Announces Investment to Expand Home Dialysis Access Across West Virginia
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news:
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Governor Morrisey Announces Investment to Expand Home Dialysis Access Across West Virginia
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Charleston, W.Va. - Governor Patrick Morrisey today announced a new funding opportunity of up to $2 million through the state's Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). Released through the Personal Health Accelerator (PHA) initiative, this marks the final funding opportunity to be releas
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Governor Morrisey Issues Statement on Historic $16.7 Billion META Settlement
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 26 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news:
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Governor Morrisey Issues Statement on Historic $16.7 Billion META Settlement
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Charleston, W.Va. -Governor Patrick Morrisey today released the following statement regarding the landmark $16.7 billion settlement between Meta and a nationwide coalition of state attorneys general over allegations that the tech giant knowingly deployed addictive, harmful features targeting youth on plat
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Governor Morrisey Orders Flags Lowered to Honor Dolly Parton
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 25 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news:
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Governor Morrisey Orders Flags Lowered to Honor Dolly Parton
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Charleston, W.Va. -Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey issued a proclamation ordering flags at all state facilities to be flown at half-staff in honor and remembrance of Dolly Parton, who passed away on Tuesday, August 25, 2026.
"Dolly Parton was a true American icon whose extraordinary talent, generosity, and compassion t
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Governor Morrisey Releases Statement on Lloyd Nathan, Chairman of the Board of The Greenbrier Resort, Gaining Majority Control of Greenbrier Casino
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Aug. 26 -- Gov. Patrick Morrisey, R-West Virginia, issued the following news:
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Governor Morrisey Releases Statement on Lloyd Nathan, Chairman of the Board of The Greenbrier Resort, Gaining Majority Control of Greenbrier Casino
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Charleston, W.Va. -Today, Governor Patrick Morrisey issued a statement on Lloyd Nathan, Chairman of the Board of The Greenbrier Resort, gaining majority control of The Greenbrier Casino:
"Today, New York-based Kennedy Lewis, a financi
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Hoosiers Expected To See Savings as I&M Advances One of the Nation's Largest Rate Reduction Plans
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 26 [Category: BizEnergy] -- American Electric Power Corp. posted the following news release:
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Hoosiers Expected To See Savings as I&M Advances One of the Nation's Largest Rate Reduction Plans
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FORT WAYNE, Ind., August 26, 2026 - The state of Indiana has called on utilities to take action to make energy more affordable, and Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) is meeting that call with a plan to deliver savings and stability for customers.
I&M has unveiled one of the natio
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PHOTOS: Capito Makes Educational Development Stops in Nicholas County
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release:
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PHOTOS: Capito Makes Educational Development Stops in Nicholas County
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RICHWOOD, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, traveled to Nicholas County, W.Va., to make visits focused on educational development in the County.
First, Senator C
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Senator Justice Celebrates Opening of Marshall Health Network - Rivers Health, New Emergency Department
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 26, 2026:
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Senator Justice Celebrates Opening of Marshall Health Network - Rivers Health, new Emergency Department
POINT PLEASANT, WV - Today, Senator Jim Justice joined Marshall Health Network - Rivers Health officials to celebrate the opening of the new emergency department.
"Our emergency departments are absolute lifelines for West Virginians. When our folks are facing some of the toug
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Utah Secures $12.2 Billion Settlement With Meta Over Child Safety Practices
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 26 -- Gov. Spencer J. Cox, R-Utah, issued the following news release:
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Utah Secures $12.2 Billion Settlement With Meta Over Child Safety Practices
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Sweeping Child-Safety Reforms on Instagram and Facebook with Independent Oversight
SALT LAKE CITY (Aug. 26, 2026)-Utah today announced a landmark $12.2 billion settlement with Meta Platforms, Inc. that will force sweeping changes to how Instagram and Facebook are built for children and teens once issued by the co
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