All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 3 2014 // As time ticks away, West Virginia lawmakers are suggesting another face-lift for a bill that would tighten aboveground storage tank regulations and safeguard water systems against chemical spills.The House of Delegates...
Feb 24 2014 // A bill to create a private flood insurance option in West Virginia has passed unanimously in the Senate.Sen. Rocky Fitzsimmons said his bill provides residents with more flood insurance options and would help lower...
Feb 24 2014 // A former Wyoming County (West Virginia) Council on Aging director can recover damages for aggravation and inconvenience from an insurance company that refused to represent him when the state sued him, a federal appeals...
Feb 18 2014 // The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election...
Feb 18 2014 // West Virginia state Senator Rocky Fitzsimmons (D-Ohio) has introduced a bill that would authorize private insurers to offer flood insurance in West Virginia.Since federal law changes in 2012, some West Virginians have...
Feb 18 2014 // More than 74,000 Virginians have enrolled in health plans through the federal insurance marketplace.Figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that from Oct. 1 through Feb. 1, 28 percent of those in...
Feb 14 2014 // Virginia’s ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge who said it violated the equal-protection rights of the state’s residents including couples married legally in other states.The...
Feb 14 2014 // Federal officials have denied West Virginia’s request for emergency grants to reimburse first responders, nonprofits and public agencies that assisted during last month’s chemical spill.FEMA said in a letter...
Feb 13 2014 // U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that a Chinese drywall company’s defective product wrecked homes, and a company that failed to show up in court must pay $2.7 million for damage to seven Virginia couples, a...
Feb 13 2014 // The winter storm that cut electricity to more than half a million customers across the South and grounded 10,000 flights this week turned its power on the U.S. Northeast, bringing heavy snow from Virginia to Maine.In...
Feb 10 2014 // A former Wyoming County (West Virginia) Council on Aging director can recover damages for aggravation and inconvenience from an insurance company that refused to represent him when the state sued him, a federal appeals...
Feb 10 2014 // The company that employed two of the three people killed in the collapse of a pair of cellphone towers in Clarksburg was sanctioned after a fatal accident in 2009 in Missouri, according to Occupational Health and Safety...
Feb 6 2014 // The family of a Salem man who died of meningitis has settled a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Roanoke, Virginia, clinic.The Roanoke Times reports that Douglas Wingate’s family agreed to settle the...
Feb 6 2014 // U.S. senators said they will take up a bill as soon as this week to require inspections and clean-up plans for chemical storage tanks, over the objection of industry, after a West Virginia spill tainted drinking...
Feb 4 2014 // Two West Virginia agencies are joining a lawsuit against an Ohio drug company, alleging its negligent practices have helped fuel the state’s pain pill abuse epidemic.The Department of Health and Human Resources and...
Jan 30 2014 // Online seller Esurance is now offering car insurance in West Virginia. In addition to state-required liability coverage, Esurance provides optional auto insurance coverage options including: CarMatch Rental Coverage, which...
Jan 30 2014 // The company behind a chemical spill that contaminated the water supply of 300,000 people now estimates some 10,000 gallons of chemicals leaked, up from an earlier figure of 7,500 gallons, state regulators said Monday.West...
Jan 28 2014 // West Virginia is seeking a $350,000 federal grant to assess the damage of a chemical spill that polluted the water supply for 300,000 people.Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said the money would help with monitoring, testing and...
Jan 27 2014 // Washington state legislators will consider modernizing how insurance transactions are conducted.House Bill 2662, authored by State Rep. Derek Stanford, D-Bothell, will enable policyholders to access their insurance policy...
Jan 27 2014 // The company blamed for a chemical spill that left 300,000 West Virginians without safe drinking water filed for bankruptcy, temporarily shielding it from dozens of lawsuits, many by businesses that were forced to shut down...