Former West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice officially became a U.S. senator Tuesday afternoon. Justice took the oath of office on the Senate floor Tuesday with fellow West Virginia Sen. Shelley Moore Capito by his side holding the Bible.

Former West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a number of socially conservative laws during his two terms in office. But he rarely pushed for them. The Democrat-turned-Republican, now heading to the U.

The order tasks state agencies with completing a review of all DEI initiatives and positions in their department.

Speaking, Governor Morrissey – who succeed Jim Justice in the role after serving as West Virginia’s attorney general for more than a decade – said of his assault on DEI that he was actually working to shield citizens from racial and gender discrimination,

On his first full day in office, West Virginia's Republican Governor Patrick Morrisey issued several executive orders that significantly reshape state policies. Notably, Morrisey on Tuesday introduced a measure allowing families to get religious exemptions to mandatory school vaccinations,