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Morrisey praises preliminary injunction against Head Start COVID mandates
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey applauded a Louisiana federal judge’s ruling that says President Biden’s administration cannot impose a COVID-19 vaccine mandate on teachers in the Head Start early education program. -
Everyone seems to have an opinion about Manchin's Build Back Better decision
CHARLESTON – Lawmakers, politicians, community leaders and interested groups – locally and nationally – are throwing their two cents in regarding Sen. Joe Manchin’s decision not to support the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act. -
Manchin defends his stance against Biden's Build Back Better plan
WASHINGTON – A day after declaring he can’t support President Biden’s Build Back Better legislation, Sen. Joe Manchin continued to defend his stance. -
Manchin says he can't support Build Back Better Act, draws fire from Biden
WASHINGTON – Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t support the Biden administration’s “massive” Build Back Better legislation, drawing ire from President Biden and other Democrats. -
Manchin's stance against Build Back Better continues to draw attention in D.C., W.Va.
WASHINGTON –Joe Manchin’s hesitation to support President Biden’s Build Back Better Act continues to draw attention to West Virginia’s Democratic senator. -
Manchin has 'productive' talk with Biden about rising inflation, soaring Build Back Better cost estimates
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is continuing his efforts to get U.S. Senator Joe Manchin on board with his Build Back Better legislation. -
Eyes turn to Manchin again as reports show inflation, Biden agenda costs both increasing
WASHINGTON – Two new government reports on rising inflation and the cost of the Biden administration’s legislative agenda has political observers looking squarely at U.S. Senator Joe Manchin. -
Inflation – Manchin's litmus test for spending bill – will be around longer than expected
WASHINGTON – Sen. Joe Manchin always said inflation would be his guide in deciding on the massive Build Back Better bill. Now, a new report on inflation says it will stay with us for much longer than anticipated, further calling into question by some the addition of trillions more in federal spending. -
Morrisey, six other AGs ask appeals court to reject Biden vaccine mandate
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and six other attorneys general have filed file a petition before the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals challenging the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate for private sector employees. -
Judge orders attorney to be removed as trustee, wants financial documents by next week
WHEELING – A circuit judge has ruled in favor of a former adviser to President Donald Trump who had asked the court to enforce a settlement agreement in a civil lawsuit about the division of assets related to her divorce. -
Warner: Busting the filibuster 'would be devastating to our democracy'
CHARLESTON –Republicans were successful in blocking U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s Freedom to Vote Act earlier this week thanks, at least in part, to Manchin’s staunch support of maintaining current filibuster rules. -
Former Trump adviser wants settlement enforced, seeks to have ex-husband's attorney removed as trustee
WHEELING – A former adviser to President Donald Trump is asking a circuit judge to enforce a settlement agreement in a civil lawsuit about the division of assets related to her divorce, and she wants the judge to also remove her ex-husband’s attorney as a trustee. -
Enforcement actions needed to reduce fentanyl overdoses
It will take a collaborative, concerted effort to combat fentanyl trafficking and reduce senseless death to help our nation and West Virginia reach their full potential. -
Morrisey praises Biden's withdrawal of ATF nominee
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is praising news the Biden Administration has chosen to withdraw its nomination of David Chipman as director of the Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. -
Criticism of Biden economic policy ... from an unlikely source
The bottom line is that all the wage increases Americans enjoyed over the last five years have evaporated and they’re now making less, in inflation-adjusted terms, than they were before the pandemic. This translates to an annual $1,000 loss for the average West Virginia household. -
Morrisey sues Biden administration over 'Remain in Mexico' policy to stop fentanyl trafficking
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has filed a federal lawsuit against the Biden administration caiming it is refusing to stop deadly fentanyl from flowing across the nation’s southern border. -
Study: Inflation in 2021 eats $1,000 from W.Va. family income
CHARLESTON – Inflation just this year has eaten up all of the wage increases working Americans have gained in the last five years, according to a Harvard economist and former key adviser to President Obama. For the West Virginia household, that means nearly a $1,000 annual loss. -
Biden nominates Ihlenfeld, Thompson for U.S. Attorney positions
CHARLESTON -- President Joe Biden has nominated two men to be the U.S. Attorneys for West Virginia's two districts. -
Morrisey threatens lawsuit against Biden for 'uptick' in fentanyl coming to state
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General is bothered by “a dramatic uptick” in the amount of fentanyl coming into the state, and he says he might end up suing the Biden administration over it. -
Morrisey asks Biden to nominate U.S. Attorneys who will address fentanyl problem
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is calling upon President Joe Biden to nominate federal prosecutors for West Virginia who will tackle fentanyl trafficking in a cooperative, bipartisan manner.