Gov. Morrisey's office agreed to pay $1.9 million for consulting to develop West Virginia's application for federal rural health funding to McKinsey & Company, which Morrisey as attorney general accused of fueling the state's opioid crisis:

Residents throughout West Virginia are fighting momentum supported by Gov. Morrisey and the DEP toward data center development fueling fears of escalating energy costs and environmental health threats:

A new federal court filing alleges in depth that West Virginia officials were misled into approving a $50 million loan and other support benefiting a Morgantown-based umbrella of companies that didn't have the resources or backing that its head claimed:

Why West Virginia’s new deal with the nation's largest gas and oil well owner disappoints well-plugging advocates, how risk of multigenerational taxpayer liability for the owner's wells persists and what else the state can do: https://t.co/975EbQHDTJ:

Why first lady Denise Morrisey’s travel to and appearances at events in Washington have raised conflict-of-interest concern:

Under Gov. Morrisey, the West Virginia National Guard remains activated for deployment in Washington despite D.C. leaders' objections, but has long since withdrawn from West Virginia communities still recovering from devastating floods:

West Virginia's electric utilities have filed plans with state regulators outlining their projected energy futures amid the Mountain State's especially steep long-term power cost climb - and the companies are clinging to coal:

Despite broad language in West Virginia legislative rule governing air quality permitting, the DEP claimed to have only narrow discretion in its new approval of permit requests for planned data center-linked sites:

The Trump administration's cutoff of nearly $8 billion in energy funding in states Kamala Harris carried in the 2024 presidential election includes a $70 million project powered by West Virginia state-supported Weirton battery manufacturer Form Energy:

Local frustration is mounting with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection and state officials poised to build momentum toward data center development causing deep water and energy concerns where it has come to fruition elsewhere:

A gas and oil industry giant has renewed its pressure on West Virginia lawmakers to further roll back a law designed to protect the state’s most vulnerable waters from toxic chemical spills from aboveground storage tanks. @Mike__Tony reports⬇️ https://t.co/L8HZjZY9Gi

Charleston Gazette-Mail reporter Mike Tony is the recipient of a Federal Action, Local Impact Journalism Fellowship awarded by the National Press Foundation. 🎉Congratulations @Mike__Tony!🎉 Read more about this prestigious fellowship here: https://t.co/ZsVj3pbk2T

I'm thrilled to be selected for this opportunity to add to expert insights in my reporting on what the Trump administration's far-reaching federal government resource cuts mean for West Virginia.

WVPB seeks new funding and faces an uncertain future after West Virginia congressional delegates who have been inaccessible to state news reporters supported cutting public media funding, their claims of media bias challenged by independent studies:

Financial, environmental and conflict-of-interest concerns loom over Clean-Seas West Virginia’s recently filed state air quality permit application for a planned plastics conversion plant in Kanawha County:

Why the numbers and resources in Gov. Morrisey’s 25-year state energy policy planning don't add up, and how they could add to West Virginia electricity bills that already have grown at a higher rate than in most states:

A coal firm with a deep footprint in an ecologically vulnerable watershed and whose parent company recently moved to liquidate owes West Virginia six figures in delinquent environmental fines. 📰 Read @Mike__Tony's reporting here: https://t.co/HOTEc6mpQt

A DEP draft report finds impaired streams and lakes throughout West Virginia don't support their designated use of public water supply for human consumption. But clean water advocates say the DEP is crucially underestimating water quality impairment:

Records show West Virginia agencies' response to the state’s deadliest flood in nine years was costly - and that FEMA still hasn't approved direct financial aid to the state via its Public Assistance program in response:

WV Congress members quiet on Trump's FDA restricting health-protecting Covid-19 vaccines From @Mike__Tony https://t.co/6iShjC1kqu