West Virginia Attorney General
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Recent News About West Virginia Attorney General
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AG's office wants McNeil settlement distributed differently
CHARLESTON – The state Attorney General’s office has objected to how a settlement with a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary will be distributed. -
AG's office warns tourney-bound fans to watch for ticket scalping
CHARLESTON — Both West Virginia and Marshall's men's basketball teams are playing in the NCAA championship tournament. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging Mountaineer and Thundering Herd fans to use caution as they purchase tickets for the upcoming NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in San Diego. -
Sale of Gazette-Mail to HD Media could be done by end of month
CHARLESTON – The parent company of The Herald-Dispatch also now owns the Charleston Gazette-Mail. -
Herald-Dispatch to buy Gazette-Mail after Ogden withdraws its offer
CHARLESTON – The parent company of The Herald-Dispatch also now owns the Charleston Gazette-Mail. -
AG's office reminds consumers to safeguard personal info
CHARLESTON — As part of National Consumer Protection Week, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is reminding consumers to vigorously safeguard personal and sensitive information. -
Morrisey, other AGs push to help EPA on Clean Power Plan replacement
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey led a 21-state effort to help shape the potential creation of any new regulation that would effectively replace the so-called Clean Power Plan. -
AG's federal partnership nets Mineral Count drug conviction
ELKINS — A Maryland woman pleaded guilty March 6 to trafficking cocaine in Mineral County, marking the 12th drug conviction secured through a partnership between West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and U.S. Attorney Bill Powell. -
Herald-Dispatch makes bid to buy Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON – The parent company of The Herald-Dispatch has thrown its hat into the ring as a potential buyer of Charleston Newspapers. HD Media Co. LLC, which publishes the Huntington daily newspaper as well as several other smaller papers across southern West Virginia, filed documents Tuesday, March 6, in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of West Virginia to buy the Charleston Gazette-Mail. March 6 was the final day interested parties could file as interested parties and make bids. -
Statewide teacher work stoppage ends with 5 percent raise agreement
CHARLESTON – After being closed 13 days because of a teacher work stoppage, schools across West Virginia opened March 7. -
AGs push for swift passage of child pornography victim bill
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a group of 55 attorneys general in pushing the U.S. House of Representatives to support timely and meaningful restitution for victims of child pornography. -
McKesson officials to be deposed in state's opioid lawsuit
MADISON – Executives from McKesson Corp. will be deposed as part of the state’s lawsuit about the distribution of opioids in West Virginia. -
Partnership secures conviction in Berkeley heroin case
MARTINSBURG – A Maryland man was found guilty by a jury of trafficking heroin, yet another conviction credited in part to a continuing partnership between West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and U.S. Attorney Bill Powell. -
Submission open for Kids Kick Opioids contest
CHARLESTON – West Virginia, the state with the highest drug overdose death rate in the country, will seek again this year to promote student awareness of prescription painkiller abuse with the 2018 Kids Kick Opioids contest. -
W.Va. joins coalition pushing to help protect employees from sexual harassment
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently joined a bipartisan coalition of 56 states and territories urging Congress to end secret, forced arbitration in cases of workplace sexual harassment. -
Morrisey announces fraud investigation nets prison sentence
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General announced that an Eastern Panhandle contractor is now heading to prison after an investigation conducted by his office and partners. -
Morrisey sympathizes with teachers, stands ready to take action for state
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General says he remains ready to take action regarding the statewide teacher and school service personnel walkout that now has been going on for more than a week. -
Memo lays out plan for Charleston Newspapers' bankruptcy sale
CHARLESTON – In less than one week, bids are due from potential buyers for Charleston Newspapers. If Ogden Newspapers is, as expected, the sole bidder for the March 6 U.S. Bankruptcy Court hearing, it becomes the new owner of the parent company of the Charleston Gazette-Mail. The March 8 auction would be cancelled. -
Attorney General, others discuss national opioid fight
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey joined U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and six other attorneys generals to discuss a new plan to combat the nation’s opioid epidemic. -
Jenkins, Morrisey go toe-to-toe over state's plan to stop drug problem
CHARLESTON – Two of the leading Republican candidates for Joe Manchin’s U.S. Senate seat continue to spar in a war of words. -
AG's office says contractor probe leads to criminal indictment
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office recently led an investigation that resulted in the indictment of a contractor operating in the Mountain State.