West Virginia Attorney General
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Recent News About West Virginia Attorney General
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Morrisey, other AGs fight against opioid incentives
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a coalition of 37 states and territories urging health insurance companies to examine financial incentives that contribute to the opioid epidemic in West Virginia. -
AGs office holds contractor in contempt with possible jail time
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has announced it recently secured a court order holding an area contractor in contempt with the threat of jail time should the contractor continue his failure to comply with an agreement to stop home improvement contracting and pay more than $24,500 in fines and restitution. -
AG's office returns more than $22K to victims of charter bus company
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently mailed checks totaling $22,682 to groups and individuals, refunding their payments for canceled services from a charter bus company. -
W.Va, seven other states support laws banning sanctuary cities
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry are leading a multistate coalition supporting the right of individual states to prohibit sanctuary cities within their borders. -
AG's office returns $600K more to state, total now above $38M
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has returned more than $600,000 to the state general fund. -
AG, federal partnership sends opioid trafficker to prison
MARTINSBURG — A federal judge has sentenced a West Virginia man to prison for trafficking oxycodone in the state’s Eastern Panhandle. The work is the product of a partnership between West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen. -
Opioid Abuse Prevention Game of the Week enjoying a 'successful' second season
CHARLESTON – With more than a dozen games visited and more scheduled across the state through the rest of football season, the second year of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's Opioid Abuse Prevention Game of the Week is proving as successful as the first, he says. -
AGs ask Equifax to disable fee-based monitoring services, reimburse fees
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and other AGs from across the nation have written a letter to credit reporting firm Equifax requesting that it disable links for enrollment in fee-based credit monitoring service in the wake of the massive data breach. -
Landlord faces suit over alleged denial of service animal
CHARLESTON – A government agency alleges that an apartment owner unlawfully denied a tenant the use of a service animal. -
Workman files concurring opinion in right-to-work case
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Margaret Workman filed a concurring opinion in the right-to-work case filed by the attorney general. -
Morrisey leads 37-state coalition in fight against opioid insurance incentives
HUNTINGTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is leading a group of 37 states and territories urging health insurance companies to examine financial incentives that contribute to the opioid epidemic in West Virginia. -
West Virginia makes gun reciprocity agreement with Wisconsin
CHARLESTON – Protecting Second Amendment rights is something near and dear to the heart of West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey. -
State Supreme Court vacates pro-union injunction in right to work case
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has dissolved a preliminary injunction that favored labor unions regarding West Virginia’s right to work legislation, clearing the way for it to become law. -
Consumers warned of imposter scam in wake of Equifax breach
CHARLESTON —West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning the public of a scam in which callers impersonate Equifax employees, calling and seeking more personal information in the wake of last week’s massive data breach potentially affecting more than 730,000 West Virginia consumers. -
AG's faith-based anti-opioids initiative visits Wheeling
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey visited the Northern Panhandle to continue a faith-based initiative aimed at empowering religious groups in the fight against substance abuse. -
AG's office urges consumers to give wisely to Hurricane Harvey, Irma relief efforts
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office is reminding consumers to use caution as they open their wallets to help those impacted by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. -
AG says Equifax breach could affect more than 700K West Virginians
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office says more than 730,000 West Virginia consumers could be impacted by a massive data breach targeting Equifax Inc., one of the nation’s three major credit bureau monitoring agencies. -
Morrisey takes faith-based program to fight opioids to Northern Panhandle
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's faith-based initiative aimed at empowering religious groups across the Mountain State in the fight against substance abuse will travel to the Northern Panhandle next week. -
Morrisey, Jenkins both praise Trump's decision to rescind DACA
CHARLESTON – Two Republicans vying for a U.S. Senate seat both praise President Donald Trump’s decision to rescind an immigration policy from the Obama Administration. -
Justices hear arguments in West Virginia right to work case
CHARLESTON — The state Supreme Court opened its fall term on Sept. 5 by hearing arguments in a high-profile case. The justices heard arguments related to West Virginia’s right to work law, The West Virginia Workplace Freedom Act. Last year, the state Legislature became one of 28 states to enact a right to work law.