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Gov. Justice appoints Charles Lorensen to West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals.
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CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Charles O. Lorensen to the new Intermediate Court of Appeals to fill the seat left by the resignation of Donald Nickerson.
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2022 West Virginia Legislative Session Bill Summaries.
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West Virginia's 2020 election turnout rate was the second-highest in state history. An independent study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology placed voters’ confidence in West Virginia's election results in the top 10 nationwide.
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CHARLESTON – Nine people have applied for the vacancy on the state Supreme Court left by last month’s resignation of former Justice Evan Jenkins.
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WASHINGTON – Senator Joe Manchin says he will oppose the nomination of one of President Biden’s key Federal Reserve Board picks.
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CHARLESTON – A bill that would allow judicial appointments made by the governor to stand for up to three years has passed and is headed to the governor’s desk.
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WASHINGTON – More than 600,000 barrels of Russian oil are bought in America every day, and some lawmakers are pushing to Biden administration to make that stop.
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CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a stay that will lift a temporary injunction on the state's charter school law.
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West Virginia lawmakers have the chance to deliver on something that voters all across our state can get behind, and when such an opportunity would restore the freedom to vote for thousands of West Virginians, that's a chance we can't afford to miss.
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CHARLESTON – A bill that would change the rules for state judicial appointments, including a current Supreme Court vacancy, has passed the House of Delegates and headed to the state Senate.
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WASHINGTON – Many West Virginians suffered greatly — and unfairly — from a regulatory and cultural war on coal over the last 15 years. However, despite this war on coal, West Virginians have done as we always done and displayed a tremendous amount of resiliency.
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Attorney General Morrisey Reaches Major Opioid Agreement with Representatives of Cities and Counties.
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WASHINGTON – Add U.S. Shelley Moore Capito to the list of officials opposed to one of President Joe Biden’s key Federal Reserve nominees.
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CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has reached an agreement with many county and city governments about how money from future opioid settlements and verdicts will be dispersed.
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In order to meet the broadband needs of West Virginia and achieve our goal, I need to hear from you.
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CHARLESTON – A member of the House of Delegates says a “violent, racist, hateful and intimidating” email and social media post aimed at her was the “modern-day digital equivalent of burning a cross in (her) front yard.”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Inflation numbers continue to increase, and so does Sen. Joe Manchin’s frustration about the issue.
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WASHINGTON – All three West Virginia Republican representatives have joined a letter to President Joe Biden with other members of the House of Representatives expressing “serious concern” about his nominee for a key Federal Reserve position.
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SAN FRANCISCO – An economics expert says President Joe Biden’s nominee for a key Federal Reserve position could be disastrous for the energy sector and for West Virginia.
