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U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in EPA greenhouse gases case
WASHINGTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office went to the U.S. Supreme Court for oral arguments about the Environmental Protection Agency’s power to regulate greenhouse gases. -
Manchin says he can't support Build Back Better Act, draws fire from Biden
WASHINGTON – Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t support the Biden administration’s “massive” Build Back Better legislation, drawing ire from President Biden and other Democrats. -
Manchin's stance against Build Back Better continues to draw attention in D.C., W.Va.
WASHINGTON –Joe Manchin’s hesitation to support President Biden’s Build Back Better Act continues to draw attention to West Virginia’s Democratic senator. -
IRS gets sliver of $8M tax lien against Justice's daughter following home sale
LEWISBURG – The $8 million federal tax lien against Gov. Jim Justice’s daughter has decreased by more than $130,000 after she and her husband sold their home last month. -
Tax expert: 'How in the hell did she sell that house with a lien filed against it?'
UNION – The $8 million lien filed against the daughter of Gov. Jim Justice also was filed in Monroe County. And a tax expert wonders how she sold her house with the lien filed against her. -
With $8M IRS lien looming, Justice's daughter sells house for nearly $1M
LEWISBURG – With a federal tax lien of more than $8 million filed against her, the daughter of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and her husband recently sold their Lewisburg home for nearly $1 million. -
Bulk of $8 million federal tax lien against Justice's daughter could be linked to 2009 coal sale
LEWISBURG – The $8 million lien filed against the daughter of Gov. Jim Justice could be related to the family’s sale of coal businesses to a Russian company. -
IRS has tax lien for more than $8 million against Justice's daughter
LEWISBURG – A notice of a federal tax lien for more than $8 million has been filed against the daughter of Gov. Jim Justice. -
West Virginia's second Republican revolution
CHARLESTON – The second Republican revolution in West Virginia occurred November 3, 2020, as the longtime minority party swept away the last vestiges of Democratic dominance in the state, solidified the expanding political empire of the late Gov. Arch Moore and crushed the remnants of the Democratic Party in the Legislature. -
Meteorologist hoping for a 100 percent chance of victory in House race
CHARLESTON – A former WCHS-TV and WVAH-TV meteorologist is forecasting a brighter West Virginia if he wins a seat in the House of Delegates. -
Blankenship files third defamation suit, this time against Boston Globe
WILLIAMSON – Don Blankenship has filed a third defamation lawsuit in as many months, this time singling out The Boston Globe for being involved in a conspiracy to keep him from being elected in 2018 to the U.S. Senate. -
Blankenship says national media, GOP leaders worked together to defame him in '18 primary
WILLIAMSON – Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has filed a $12 billion lawsuit claiming saying national media outlets and leading Republicans intended to defame him in his 2018 U.S. Senate bid. -
DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP: Dinsmore Promotes 15 Attorneys to Partner, Partner of Counsel
Dinsmore & Shohl LLP is pleased to announce J. Corey Asay, Charles E. Baverman III, Kelby T. Gray, Thomas J. Hayes, Jason W. Hilliard, Kerry O. Irwin, Katie P. Jacob, Alina Klimkina, Drew A. Linnenbom, Matt Lockhart, Sarah Mikowski McKenna, Anthony Pisano, Natalie H. Rauf and Arie M. Spitz have been elected to partnership effective Jan. 1. Pamela W. Bridgeport has been named partner of counsel. -
Former WCHS, WVAH meteorologist accuses stations, Sinclair of age discrimination
HUNTINGTON – A former WCHS-TV and WVAH-TV meteorologist is suing the stations and their parent company, claiming he was fired because of his age. -
Jenkins, Morrisey campaign spar over views on abortion
CHARLESTON – The campaigns for two Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate are sparring over their candidate’s views on abortion. -
Government grant announced to fight opioid crisis in West Virginia
CHARLESTON – West Virginia will receive a $5,881,983 grant to fight the opioid crisis in his state, announced U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins (R-W.Va.) on April 21. The grant comes from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. -
Loughry takes over as state Supreme Court Chief Justice on Jan. 1
CHARLESTON – Tucker County native Allen H. Loughry II will become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia for the first time on Jan. 1. -
State Supreme Court rejects lawsuit over online voter registration
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit filed against Cabell and Kanawha County clerks over their refusal to accept online voter registrations from the Secretary of State’s Office. -
Supreme Court rejects lawsuit over online voter registration
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has rejected a lawsuit filed against Cabell and Kanawha County clerks over their refusal to accept online voter registrations from the Secretary of State’s Office. -
Charleston woman who had cats seized files another complaint
CHARLESTON – A woman who had already multiple lawsuits in the wake of having two dozen animals seized from her Charleston home earlier this summer has filed another complaint. Amanda Dawn Woods filed her latest injunction request in Kanawha Circuit Court against the Kanawha-Charleston Humane Association, which is named in all of her previous actions. In her filing, Woods says the defendant has, since June, released two false news stories resulting in her being harassed by the general public.