Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia has been called "ground zero" of the opioid epidemic that is ripping across the nation. Every day, 144 Americans die from an opioid overdose. Here in West Virginia, 818 died in 2016 from drug overdoses, the highest death rate in the nation. Read.
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Daily Beast - Attention will turn this week to the handful of Republican senators who are reported to be wavering on Mitch McConnell's health care bill. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders used his appearance in Charleston Sunday night to urge fellow Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., to vote against what he called a "barbaric and immoral" health care bill proposed by Senate leadership last week. Read.
Metronews - When West Virginia, up against budget struggles, reduced funding to its higher education system by $16 million for the coming fiscal year, it was far from the first state to do so. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - With a cadre of GOP senators, all men, ensconced in secret discussions about a Republican health care plan that would repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, lots of people have been wondering: What's in the sauce? Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Those who didn't get a chance to "feel the Bern" in March will have another chance Sunday. Read.
MetroNews- Gov. Jim Justice says a budget he's allowing to become law without his signature is a travesty. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - West Virginians and the economy could see lean years if federal funding for food stamps and welfare benefits are cut under President Donald Trump's proposed budget, policy experts warn. Read.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel - The House of Delegates Friday lobbed the ball back to the Senate. Read.
State Journal - Leadership in Washington, DC is far too rare these days. With partisan bickering and too many representatives more focused on themselves than their constituents, it's no wonder many West Virginians feel left behind. Read.