Tomblin WASHINGTON - Ten business groups, in a filing this week, expressed their support for a federal court ruling reversing the federal Environmental Protection Agency's veto of a West Virginia coal mine's water pollution permit.
MORGANTOWN -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is like a cat on Election Day. This Democrat always seems to land on his feet, even when his critics and opponents believe he's done for.
Roberts CHARLESTON, S.C. - A federal judge last week struck down a National Labor Relations Board proposal requiring all employers, including those in the private sector, to post a notice of employee rights.
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WASHINGTON -- A case can be made, upon reviewing the full sweep of President Barack Obama's first term, that the Administration's top priority has not been health care, the Iranian nuclear program or economic recovery. It has been, instead, the U.S. coal industry's ruination.
CHARLESTON -- GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney recently told West Virginia voters that the Stella-Jones Corp. closed its Ripley plant in 2010 because a Jackson County jury awarded a former employee wages in an age discrimination lawsuit.
WASHINGTON -- Last week's announcement by Standard & Poor's that it was cutting the outlook on our nation's long-term rating from stable to negative for the first time in 70 years was a cold, hard reality check -- we need to get our fiscal house in order sooner, rather than later, or suffer the consequences.
Beckett CHARLESTON -– Kathy G. Beckett, a member in the Jackson Kelly Environmental Department, was recently elected to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as its only West Virginia representative.
Romano CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court's revised rules for appellate procedure are drawing mixed reviews from groups that follow the legal system.
A screen shot from the NRSC ad against West Virginia Democratic Senate candidate Gov. Joe Manchin. (Photo via YouTube)
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce is asking for an apology from the National Republican Senatorial Committee and Republican Senatorial candidate John Raese for characterizing West Virginia workers as "hicks" in a recent television ad.
HARPERS FERRY -- Our state currently has one of the most restrictive appeals processes in the nation. It is one of only 10 states in the nation without an intermediate court of appeals.
Manchin CHARLESTON – The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Monday endorsed Gov. Joe Manchin's run for the U.S. Senate.
CHARLESTON -- A recent article by the chairman of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce provided me with much food for personal reflection. My basic understanding of history and statistics then inspired me to further investigate a number of these articulated "facts."
WASHINGTON -- The firm of heavyweight Alabama plaintiffs attorney Jere Beasley gave more than $600,000 to a candidate for the state Supreme Court in 2008 without appearing on a list of her contributors, a recent report shows.
