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House bill to limit AG’s use of settlement funds passes 90-7
CHARLESTON – A House of Delegates bill that would limit how the attorney general’s office uses lawsuit settlement funds was voted on and passed 90-7 on Feb. 13. -
West Virginia is going in the right direction
“We all want progress,” C.S. Lewis once observed, “but. if you’re on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.” -
Jenkins ahead of Morrisey in Senate race, according to new poll
CHARLESTON – A new poll shows U.S. Representative Evan Jenkins leading the Republican field in the race for Joe Manchin's U.S. Senate seat. -
Senate Finance Committee votes on judicial oversight
CHARLESTON – The Senate Finance Committee voted to approve a resolution that would give the Legislature greater oversight over the judicial system’s budget. -
Morrisey campaign says Jenkins 'pretending' to support Trump
CHARLESTON – Patrick Morrisey's U.S. Senate campaign is criticizing Republican primary opponent Evan Jenkins for comments he made about potentially supporting a third-party presidential candidate in the 2016 election. -
Senate Finance Committee recommends intermediate appeals court to full Senate
CHARLESTON – The Senate Finance Committee voted to recommend the passage of the intermediate appeals court bill to the full Senate. -
Bankruptcy judge says bids for Gazette-Mail not required to disclose employee plans
CHARLESTON – A federal bankruptcy judge filed an order saying that bids for the purchase of the Charleston Gazette-Mail do not have to include provisions for current employees once they own the paper. -
Litigation venue bill passes Senate, heads back to House of Delegates
CHARLESTON – A bill that would curb many instances of out-of-state plaintiffs filing lawsuits in West Virginia courts is one step closer to becoming law. -
Watchdog group asks Senate Select Committee on Ethics to look into Manchin investments
CHARLESTON – The Foundation for Accountability and Civic Trust is asking the Senate Select Committee on Ethics to investigate Sen. Joe Manchin for an investment group involved in multiple defaulting hotels in the northern part of the state. -
State Supreme Court estimates cost of intermediate court to be nearly $12 million
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is estimating the cost of a possible intermediate court of appeals to be nearly $12 million the first year. -
Jenkins says Morrisey has conflict of interest about opioids
HUNTINGTON — Evan Jenkins' Senate campaign says Republican primary opponent Patrick Morrisey has a conflict of interest in the war against opioids. -
Moving closer to an intermediate appellate court
The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee has recommended passage of the intermediate appeals court bill to the full senate with several amendments. -
On legal reform, our work has just begun
CHARLESTON – In his State of the State address, Governor Jim Justice hailed the “miracle” unfolding in the Mountain State. We’re now on sound fiscal footing, so we can invest more in things like education and infrastructure. -
Most Gazette-Mail employees will have to reapply for jobs, lose seniority
CHARLESTON – Charleston Newspapers employees were provided some details of the company’s bankruptcy and pending sale to another newspaper company. -
Senate Judiciary recommends intermediate appeals court bill
CHARLESTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to recommend the passage of the intermediate appeals court bill to the full Senate and that it be recommended to the committee on finance. -
Federal bankruptcy judge delays ruling on bidding process for Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON – A federal bankruptcy judge has delayed ruling on a motion that would open a 30-day bidding process for the purchase of the Charleston Gazette-Mail. -
Senate Judiciary continues to discuss intermediate appeals court bill
CHARLESTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee continued to discuss a bill to create an intermediate court of appeals in West Virginia at a meeting on Jan. 30. -
Ogden Newspapers bids almost $11M to buy Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON – A Wheeling-based newspaper company has bid almost $11 million to buy the Charleston Gazette-Mail and its assets, according to court documents. -
Let's make our state more appealing
How can you not like something that's inherently appealing? Like an appeals court. Not the state Supreme Court we already have, but an intermediate appellate court in-between our state's supreme and circuit courts. Like the appeals courts that exist in our federal judicial system and in all state judicial systems but those of West Virginia and eight other outliers. -
Morrisey attacks Gazette-Mail for managing editor's 'offensive' tweet
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is blasting the Charleston Gazette-Mail for a social media comment he called “false, biased and offensive.”