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Kelly goes against fellow Arizona senator to support filibuster changes
WASHINGTON – After essentially being forced to play his hand, U.S. Senator Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) says he supports abolishing the filibuster to require a simple majority to try to pass voting rights legislation.
State employee says he was injured in restroom at state Capitol complex
CHARLESTON – A St. Albans man says he was injured in a restroom while working at the state Capitol Complex.
Morrisey praises state Supreme Court ruling in pandemic unemployment benefits case
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is praising a state Supreme Court decision upholding a lower court’s ruling that the state was legally entitled to opt out of additional federal unemployment benefit programs related to the coronavirus pandemic.
Wayne woman says she was injured by picnic table outside of courthouse
WAYNE – A Wayne woman says she was injured when a picnic table outside the county courthouse flipped over while she was sitting on it.
Former hospital employee says he was victim of discrimination, wrongful firing
PRINCETON – A former Bluefield Regional Medical Center says he was subjected to racial slurs and discrimination and wrongful termination.
Former employee says she was sexually harassed at Moses Nissan
CHARLESTON – A Putnam County woman says she was forced to quit her job at Moses Nissan because of a sexually charged hostile and abusive work environment.
Man says he was ran over by tractor while working at cemetery
CHARLESTON – The parent companies of cemeteries across the state have been sued again, this time by a former employee who was injured on the job.
Manchin calls it 'very, very troubling' as inflation hits 40-year high
CHARLESTON – The U.S. consumer price inflation index rose 7 percent in December, the biggest climb in 40 years. The numbers only bolster Sen. Joe Manchin's concerns about the Build Back Better legislation.
Capito is confident Manchin will 'stay true' and resist filibuster changes
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito says she thinks Joe Manchin will stay true to his words about the Senate filibuster rule.
Former McDonald's manager says she was wrongfully fired after 20 years
WINFIELD – A Putnam County woman says she was wrongfully fired from a McDonald’s after working there for nearly 20 years because she complained about a co-worker who might have been using drugs.
Warner says Manchin carrying Byrd's torch as he fights filibuster changes
CHARLESTON – While he still doesn’t think any federal voting rights legislation will pass, but West Virginia Secretary of State said he’s glad U.S. Senator Joe Manchin is holding steady on his opposition to filibuster reform.
Morrisey blames Biden administration for state's high gas prices
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is pointing the finger at the Biden administration as the partial cause for the state's high gas prices.
Manchin holds firm on filibuster support as Biden pushes for changes
WASHINGTON – With a key U.S. Senate vote less than a week away, Sen. Joe Manchin is ramping up his public support of maintaining the Senate’s filibuster rules.
Woman's estate blames cardiologist, hospital for her death after catheterization
WHEELING – The estate of a Brooke County woman blames a doctor and Wheeling Hospital for her death following a heart catheterization.
Morrisey, other AGs continue work to stop international scam calls
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and other AGs are urging the Federal Communications Commission to put in place measures that will help stem the tide of foreign-based illegal robocalls that are used to attempt to scam Americans.
Woman sues HP over laptop warranty and ink service program
WINFIELD – A Charleston woman is suing HP over the company’s laptop warranty and its ink service program.
Morrisey alerts consumers to emerging jury duty scam
CHARLESTON—West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is alerting consumers to an emerging jury duty scam with an alarming twist.
Woman says she was given meth while staying at nursing home
WINFIELD – A Putnam County woman says she was unwittingly exposed to methamphetamine during her stay at a Hurricane rehab facility while she recovered from congestive heart failure.
Fourth lawsuit filed accusing Holz Elementary special needs teacher of abusing student
CHARLESTON – A fourth civil lawsuit has been filed against a Kanawha County special needs teacher over her treatment of students.
Affidavit in teen CPS kidnapping and rape case backs up many allegations
CHARLESTON – A civil lawsuit filed by a teenager claiming a state Child Protective Services worker kidnapped her, raped her and forced her to use illegal drugs has been amended to include an affidavit from another CPS worker corroborating many details in the complaint.