Lori Kersey

Charleston

State Government Reporter at West Virginia Watch

State government reporter for @wv_watch. former @wvgazettemail. Cat/dog mom, crocheter. Send story ideas to [email protected]

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Morgantown announces alternative sentencing program for camping ban

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Lori Kersey

A homeless camping ban will go into effect in Morgantown, W.Va., on Thursday, May 29, 2025. Voters rejected repealing the camping ban ordinance in April. (Getty Images)As an ordinance aimed at prohibiting homeless people from sleeping on public property goes into effect in Morgantown, the city announced Tuesday an alternative sentencing program for enforcing the camping ban.
Morrisey formally requests WV’s food stamp program no longer pay for soda

1 week ago | waynecountynews.com | Lori Kersey

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has formally asked the federal government to disallow the state’s food assistance program from paying for soda. Morrisey submitted a request for a waiver to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to make the change, the governor announced in a video message Tuesday. “For a long time I’ve talked about the fact that SNAP — the N should stand for nutrition,” Morrisey said. “Well, now it’s going to, even more than you’ve seen in the past.
ACLU, Mountain State Justice file lawsuit over Morrisey’s vaccine exemptions

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Lori Kersey

Two legal advocacy organizations filed legal action Friday over an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey that requires the state health officials to recognize religious and philosophical exemptions to the state’s schools vaccine mandates — exemptions that are not a part of state law. Hess is also a pediatric hematologist and oncologist practicing at Marshall Health’s Cabell Huntington Hospital.
ACLU, Mountain State Justice file lawsuit over Morrisey’s vaccine exemptions

1 week ago | loganbanner.com | Lori Kersey

Two legal advocacy organizations filed legal action Friday over an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey that requires the state health officials to recognize religious and philosophical exemptions to the state’s schools vaccine mandates — exemptions that are not a part of state law. kAm%96 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]24=FHG]@C8Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qmp>6C:42? r:G:= {:36CE:6D &?:@? @7 (6DE ':C8:?:2k^2m 2?5 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>@F?E2:?DE2E6;FDE:46]@C8Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm|@F?E2:?
ACLU, Mountain State Justice file lawsuit over Morrisey’s vaccine mandate order

1 week ago | timeswv.com | Lori Kersey

CHARLESTON — Two legal advocacy organizations filed legal action Friday over an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey that requires the state health officials to recognize religious and philosophical exemptions to the state’s schools vaccine mandates — exemptions that are not a part of state law.
ACLU, Mountain State Justice file lawsuit over Morrisey’s vaccine mandate order

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lori Kersey

The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia and Mountain State Justice filed a writ of mandamus Friday in Kanawha County Circuit Court over an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey that requires the state health officials to recognize religious and philosophical exemptions to the state’s schools vaccine mandates. (Getty Images)Two legal advocacy organizations filed legal action Friday over an executive order by Gov.
ACLU, Mountain State Justice file lawsuit over Morrisey’s vaccine exemptions

2 weeks ago | coalvalleynews.com | Lori Kersey

Two legal advocacy organizations filed legal action Friday over an executive order by Gov. Patrick Morrisey that requires the state health officials to recognize religious and philosophical exemptions to the state’s schools vaccine mandates — exemptions that are not a part of state law.
‘A really bad deal for West Virginians’: Advocates decry GOP’s cuts to health care, food assistance

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Lori Kersey

A Republican plan — if passed by the U.S. Senate — would cut Medicaid by at least $716 billion and the Supplemental Food Nutrition Program by $300 billion through 2034 and push a portion of the cost of the program to the states to backfill. Advocates say this would have "devastating" effects in West Virginia.
Morrisey formally requests that WV’s SNAP benefits no longer pay for soft drinks

2 weeks ago | wvgazettemail.com | Lori Kersey

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has formally asked the federal government to disallow the state’s food assistance program from paying for soda. Morrisey submitted a request for a waiver to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to make the change, the governor announced in a video message Tuesday. West Virginia has formally submitted a SNAP waiver request to the federal government to remove soda and add healthy food under the program.
Morrisey formally requests that WV’s SNAP benefits no longer pay for soft drinks

2 weeks ago | loganbanner.com | Lori Kersey

West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has formally asked the federal government to disallow the state’s food assistance program from paying for soda. Morrisey submitted a request for a waiver to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to make the change, the governor announced in a video message Tuesday. kAm“u@C 2 =@?8 E:>6 x’G6 E2=<65 23@FE E96 724E E92E $}p! — E96 } D9@F=5 DE2?5 7@C ?FEC:E:@?[” |@CC:D6J D2:5] “(6==[ ?@H :E’D 8@:?8 E@[ 6G6? >@C6 E92? J@F’G6 D66? :?