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Morrisey, other AGs urge Senate to reject Biden's nominee to lead ATF
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in calling on the U.S. Senate to reject David Chipman’s confirmation as director of the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. -
BAILEY & GLASSER LLP: Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Update: Biden Administration Announces Changes to PPP to Further Target Small Businesses
On Monday, February 22, 2021, the Biden administration announced several reforms to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the main U.S. COVID-19 aid program for small businesses, to further ensure equitable access for the smallest businesses and those that have been left behind in previous rounds of the PPP. -
Morrisey sends letter to U.S. Senate opposing McCabe's EPA nomination
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee opposing the nomination of Janet Gaven McCabe as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. -
WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE: 2021 West Virginia Inauguration Ceremony
The 2021 West Virginia Gubernatorial and Constitutional Officer Inauguration Ceremony was held Friday afternoon on the North Side of the State Capitol Building in Charleston. -
2020 was a year for the record books in West Virginia
CHARLETON – While 2020 will be remembered for its challenges, my office will always recall this year with pride in our accomplishments. -
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. -
Manchin backs Petsonk over Morrisey in race for West Virginia Attorney General
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin has endorsed Democratic challenger Sam Brown Petsonk in the West Virginia Attorney General race. -
Morrisey, other AGs urge Congress to protect senior victims of fraud in Coronavirus relief package
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and a bipartisan group of 44 attorneys general are urging the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to include help for those victimized by elder scams and exploitation in Coronavirus relief legislation. -
Sponaugle won't seek recount in AG primary; Petsonk to face Morrisey in fall
CHARLESTON – San Brown Petsonk officially will face off against incumbent Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey in this fall's general election. -
Capito pushing EPA to set maximum contaminant level for PFAS in water
WASHINGTON – Congress again is pushing the Environmental Protection Agency to set a maximum contaminant level for PFAS. -
Morrisey, other state leaders call for better testing at prison quarantine sites
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito and Congressman David B. McKinley in calling upon the federal government to better equip two in-state prisons currently in use as Coronavirus quarantine sites for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. -
Blankenship defamation lawsuit against NBC Universal, CNBC, others refiled in federal court
CHARLESTON — Don Blankenship filed a lawsuit against NBC Universal and CNBC alleging they defamed him on television and on the Internet, constantly calling him a convicted felon. -
Blankenship's media defamation case moves forward with fewer defendants
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has refused to dismiss defamation claims against nearly two dozen media outlets and others from a case in which Don Blankenship alleges they called him felon. -
'Good News' not so good for Richwood students
The “good news” in Manchin’s tweet is not so good for Richwood High children and families, most of whom do not live in the city of Richwood, but in outlying communities like Fenwick, Craigsville and Nettie. -
WEST VIRGNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Morrisey, 21-State Coalition Calls Upon Senate to Reject Trump Impeachment
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, together with a 21-state coalition, called upon the U.S. Senate to explicitly reject two articles of impeachment against President Trump. -
Morrisey, 20 other AGs ask Senate to reject two articles of Trump impeachment
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is part of a 21-state coalition asking the U.S. Senate to reject two articles of impeachment against President Trump. -
Man sentenced to six months in prison for accessing veterans' medical records, including those of Ojeda
HUNTINGTON — A former Veterans Benefits Association claims assistant has been sentenced to six months in prison for fraudulently access the medical records of six fellow veterans, including current U.S. Senate candidate Richard Ojeda. -
When so-called solutions are worse than alleged problems
It behooves us to ask who’s benefiting from all the activism, and who always gets stuck with the bill. -
Morrisey urges quick passage of federal anti-robocall legislation
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging the U.S. Senate to take quick action and give final approval to the TRACED Act, which is legislation designed to curb unlawful robocalls. -
It’s time for green revolutionaries to admit defeat
You can’t accuse the facile foes of fossil fuels of lacking energy. Knowledge or logic or honesty, yes. Energy, no. Whether it’s generated by lots of wind or the product of biomass hysteria, they’ve got plenty of energy. They never give up.