CHARLESTON – Shortly after the state’s first non-partisan judicial vote, a state coalition seeking clean elections working to said full disclosure of campaign funds needs to happen in West Virginia.
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 – 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.
BECKLEY – A state Supreme Court candidate is asking a fellow candidate if she wants to be viewed as being a “purchased justice.” Bill Wooton says a recent influx of advertising by the Republican State Leadership Committee is “an attempt to influence the outcome of our non-partisan Supreme Court race.” According to filings with the Secretary of State’s office, the RSLC has spent a little more than $2 on the ads in the last two weeks.
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group has released its list of legislative candidates who have accepted the most money from personal injury lawyers.
CHARLESTON – Beth Walker’s state Supreme Court campaign has responded to an attack ad from personal injury lawyers it says includes “false claims based on misleading evidence.” A political action committee called Just Courts For WV began running television ads earlier this week against Walker, according to documents with the Secretary of State’s office.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is voicing his displeasure with a bill Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed that affects investigators from the AG's office.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s Secretary of State is praising the state Supreme Court’s decision to reinstate public campaign finance money to two Supreme Court candidates. As Secretary of State, Natalie Tennant is a member of the State Election Commission. That’s the panel that earlier this month awarded more than $500,000 each to the campaigns of sitting Justice Brent Benjamin and former state lawmaker Bill Wooton.
CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin shouldn’t have received public campaign finance money for his re-election campaign, a Kanawha County judge has ruled. Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman ruled March 4 that the State Election Commission was “clearly erroneous” in deciding Benjamin’s campaign was eligible for public financing. In a statement Friday, Benjamin said he still thinks the SEC was correct in issuing the funds to his campaign. And he hinted at an appeal to the state S
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit Court judge says he will rule soon in a case over the $525,000 in campaign finance money awarded to state Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin. Beth Walker, one of Benjamin’s opponents, filed a lawsuit saying Benjamin didn’t meet all of the requirements to receive the money. In a hearing Friday, Walker attorney Thomas Ryan said Benjamin’s re-election campaign missed deadlines for filing the application for certification and a report of exploratory campaign contribu
CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court candidate Beth Walker has filed a petition to stop incumbent Justice Brent Benjamin from spending $525,000 in public campaign financing in his quest to retain a seat on the bench. The money was awarded to Benjamin’s campaign after the State Election Commission certified earlier this month that he had qualified for the funding under West Virginia election law.
HUNTINGTON – A spokeswoman for Secretary of State Natalie Tennant said that long-term Cabell Magistrate Darrell Black’s residency is a matter that must be answered by a court of law.
CHARLESTON – The State Election Commission members are currently reviewing 155 challenges of contributions to Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin’s re-election campaign. The objections could possibly disqualify Benjamin from participating in the public financing of the campaign.
MOUNDSVILLE – Mason Energy LLC has filed a class action lawsuit against Chevron Appalachia LLC after it claims the company falsified production records. On Oct. 27, 2009, Beryl E.
“This week we will join together with the House to send President Obama and the EPA a strong message: No more attacks on coal. No more attacks on domestic energy. No more attacks on the people who produce energy.”
Sending a letter to a public official is a good way to let him know how you feel. Sending copies of that letter to other officials is a good way to let him know you mean to be taken seriously.
SACRAMENTO – California Gov. Jerry Brown says the attorneys general of West Virginia and Texas are guilty of “crass obstructionism” as they seek to gain momentum against President Obama’s environmental agenda. Last week, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Texas AG Ken Paxton sent a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in advance of next month’s United Nations climate summit also known as Paris 2015 and COP21.
