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Manchin is protecting West Virginia values, conservative leader says
WASHINGTON – Sen. Joe Manchin refusal to change the Senate filibuster rules and his concerns about the Build Back Better plan “is being very protective of the West Virginia perspective,” according to a conservative former attorney general of Virginia.
Capito critical of Schumer's planned 'nuclear option' vote, Manchin seems to agree
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito chastised Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s decision to vote to use the so-called “nuclear option” to change the Senate’s filibuster rules. Meanwhile, West Virginia's other senator remains in the spotlight as he still seems to be opposed to such a change as well.
Morrisey praises preliminary injunction against Head Start COVID mandates
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey applauded a Louisiana federal judge’s ruling that says President Biden’s administration cannot impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on teachers in the Head Start early education program.
Ritchie Co. jury awards nearly $1M to EDA in trespassing case against Clarksburg developer
HARRISVILLE – A Ritchie County jury has awarded the county’s Economic Development Authority nearly $1 million in damages in a trespassing case.
AG's office joins 24-state lawsuit to block Biden’s Head Start COVID mandates
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has joined a multi-state lawsuit against the Biden administration’s overreaching COVID-19 mandates, this time taking aim at the President’s unlawful requirements of masks on toddlers and COVID vaccine shots for staff and volunteers in Head Start programs.
AG's office provides guidance on new law regarding federal gun control rules
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced the publication of policy guidelines as mandated by a state law passed in early 2021.
Hospital worker blames Legal Aid for his termination following workplace incident
CHARLESTON – A Wayne County man says a Legal Aid of West Virginia employee's failure to properly investigate a workplace incident led to his termination.
State leaders praise appointments to new intermediate appellate court
CHARLESTON – Leaders from across West Virginia are praising the three appointees to the state’s new Intermediate Court of Appeals.
911 call operator says she was fired after looking into filing grievance against supervisors
MORGANTOWN – A Fairmont woman says she was wrongly fired from her Monongalia County 911 call operator job after she investigated filing a grievance against her supervisors.
Nickerson, Greear and Scarr appointed to new intermediate appellate court
CHARLESTON – The first judges for the state’s new intermediate appellate court have been selected.
Third lawsuit filed accusing Holz Elementary special needs teacher of abusing student
CHARLESTON – A third lawsuit has been filed related to alleged mistreatment of special needs students at Holz Elementary School.
Woman says she was harassed, discriminated against at Charleston restaurant
CHARLESTON – A Black woman says she was refused service at a downtown Charleston eatery as well as being called homeless, had racial slurs yelled at her and accused of doing illegal drugs in the restaurant’s restroom.
Woman says two neighbor dogs 'viciously' attacked her 4-year-old son
CHARLESTON – An Alum Creek woman says two neighbor dogs knocked her 4-year-old son off of his bicycle and “viciously” attacked him.
Morrisey calls EPA appeal one of state's 'most consequential cases in decades'
WASHINGTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey calls an appeal he’s leading against the Environmental Protection Agency before the U.S. Supreme Court “one of the most consequential cases our state has seen in decades.”
Commission submits eight names to governor for three Intermediate Court seats
CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice has been sent eight names of candidates for the new Intermediate Court of Appeals.
Judge grants temporary injunction stopping charter school approval method
CHARLESTON – A circuit judge has granted an injunction to temporarily stop the state’s method for approving charter schools.
Everyone seems to have an opinion about Manchin's Build Back Better decision
CHARLESTON – Lawmakers, politicians, community leaders and interested groups – locally and nationally – are throwing their two cents in regarding Sen. Joe Manchin’s decision not to support the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act.
Manchin defends his stance against Biden's Build Back Better plan
WASHINGTON – A day after declaring he can’t support President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, Sen. Joe Manchin continued to defend his stance.
Father of slain Charleston police officer files petition seeking his part of estate
CHARLESTON – The father of a Charleston police officer killed last year in the line of duty has file a petition to determine if he is eligible to be a beneficiary of her estate.
Family of man killed in Belle chemical explosion files wrongful death suit
CHARLESTON – The wife of a Putnam County man who died in a chemical plant explosion last December has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his employer and the owners of the facility.