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A federal judge granted on Tuesday a preliminary injunction order that would prevent the enforcement of parts of West Virginia’s H.B. 2354, which takes aim at artificial food dyes. U.S. District Judge Irene Berger of the Southern District of West Virginia entered the preliminary injunction order Tuesday, according to WV Metro News. According to the order, the International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM) sought to prevent the enforcement of West Virginia’s H.B. 2354, as it amended Section 16-7-2(b)(7) to include seven color additives that are “poisonous and injurious” as ingredients or substances. The seven color additives named are butylated hydroxyanisole,...

Unlike in Colorado, a case brought in federal court to keep former Republican president Donald Trump off of the primary and general election ballots in West Virginia was dismissed. In a memorandum opinion and order released Thursday evening, U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger granted motions made by attorneys for Trump, Secretary of State Mac Warner and the West Virginia Republican Party to dismiss a lawsuit brought in September by Texas resident and write-in presidential candidate John Anthony Castro. Berger also ordered that Castro’s case be dismissed without prejudice, which would allow Castro to possibly file the case again during...