West Virginia Attorney General
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Recent News About West Virginia Attorney General
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Group of AGs support challenge to California's Unsafe Handgun Act
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined 23 other state AGs in support of a challenge to the constitutionality of California’s Unsafe Handgun Act. -
W.Va. part of $102.5M settlement with Suboxone maker over monopoly tactics
West Virginia will receive about $1.5 million from the settlement. -
Morrisey joins coalition pushing bill to classify fentanyl analogues as Schedule I drugs
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has joined a 23-state coalition in a letter urging U.S. Senate leadership to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act. -
Group of AGs filing brief over Florida school district 'trampling' parental rights
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a coalition of 21 state attorneys general in filing an amicus brief in support of two Florida parents who were stripped of their fundamental and longstanding right to direct the upbringing and care of their child when officials at Leon County Schools secretly held meetings with their child about gender identity. -
Morrisey joins multistate brief against Biden Administration over migrant mass release
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined 22 other attorneys general in an amicus brief, urging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to deny the Biden administration’s bid to stay a preliminary injunction against the parole of illegal migrants into the United States. -
Morrisey leads letter asking Congress to vote on pistol brace rule resolution
The AG also recently joined a coalition against Mexico's "attack on American gun companies" -
Morrisey praises U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Clean Waters Act case
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has dammed the ability of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate wetlands under the Clean Water Act. -
State joins federal robocall lawsuit
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has joined almost every other state AG in a lawsuit against a company accused of making millions of robocalls. -
Stuart wants AG's office to have prosecutorial powers; Weld disagrees
CHARLESTON – A Republican candidate for West Virginia Attorney General has proposed expanding the power of the office to include criminal investigation and prosecution. But another candidate disagrees. -
Morrisey signs bipartisan letter asking Congress to pass Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a bipartisan coalition of 39 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Senate and House to pass S. 993 and H.R. 1839 — the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. -
Kanawha County Commission wants answers about opioid settlement money
CHARLESTON – The Kanawha County Commission is wanting to know when it will receive its share of opioid settlement money. -
AG's office warns consumers of jury duty phone scam
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is warning consumers about a phone scam in which a person receives a call threatening arrest or other punishment for missing jury duty. -
State leaders critical of EPA proposal that could hurt power plants using fossil fuels
CHARLESTON – West Virginia leaders were quick to criticize proposed new carbon dioxide emission limits for power plants operated with fossil fuels. -
AG’s office joins 18-state coalition urging Ohio Supreme Court to uphold abortion laws
COLUMBUS, Ohio — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and 17 other state AGs have filed an amicus brief in Preterm Cleveland v. Ohio in the Supreme Court of Ohio, urging the court to reject the challenge to Ohio’s Heartbeat Act and uphold the will of the people. -
Parents file suit seeking to make W.Va. allow religious exemptions for vaccines
WHEELING – A group of parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to make West Virginia permit religious exemptions for vaccines to attend school. -
Putting 'West Virginia First': Agreement will help all state residents
We must prevent another generation from falling prey to senseless death. The West Virginia First Foundation will be a major step forward on the path to recovery. -
Morrisey says cities, counties should see opioid money soon
CHARLESTON – Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says West Virginia cities and counties could begin seeing money from the state’s opioid settlements in a matter of months. -
W.Va. consumers will split $729K in money from national TurboTax settlement
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's has announced that consumers who were tricked by TurboTax’s owner Intuit into paying for free tax services will begin receiving checks from a $728,699.97 settlement as part of a nationwide $141 million multistate settlement announced last May. -
AG’s office reaches $68 million opioid settlement with Kroger
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a $68 million settlement has been reached with Kroger, marking the end of all current opioid litigation involving the state. -
Stuart announces bid to be state's next Attorney General
CHARLESTON – State Senator and former U.S. Attorney Mike Stuart has announced his candidacy for West Virginia Attorney General.