WASHINGTON – A recent discussion with President Trump and members of his administration marked the latest public effort West Virginia U.S. Rep. David McKinley has taken to fight the nation's opioid epidemic.
CHARLESTON – Gary Johnson has had interim removed from his job title. The state Supreme Court of Appeals voted unanimously March 6 to make Johnson, a former circuit judge, the permanent Administrative Director of West Virginia Courts, Chief Justice Allen H. Loughry II announced.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia lawmakers are standing with President Donald Trump in officially undoing the Waters of the United States rule that unlawfully gave the federal government unprecedented control over small streams, farms and private property.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey met with President Donald Trump Tuesday and discussed efforts to reinvigorate coal mining and eradicate the state’s opioid drug epidemic.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Shelley Capito (R-W.Va.) has been particularly busy the past couple of weeks. Recently, Capito visited the White House, joining a bipartisan group of senators who met with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence.
CHARLESTON – After President Trump signed measures undoing regulations that hindered coal mining, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey says his coalition of AGs needs to review the need to continue a lawsuit about the matter.
CHARLESTON – In late January, President Trump took an important step toward ensuring that the U.S. Supreme Court will protect the interests of the people of West Virginia.
WHEELING -- Act I flashes back to Reagan’s landslide victory in 1980, as he declares that “government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.” Thirty-six years later, his words continue to reverberate.
CHARLESTON – New Nicholas Circuit Judge Stephen Callaghan wanted the job so badly, “he was willing to lie to get it,” according to an attorney who argued the case before the state Supreme Court.
CHARLESTON – A state Supreme Court hearing regarding the potential suspension of a newly elected circuit judge has been continued until later this month, and none of the elected Justices will hear the case.
CHARLESTON – The man who defeated a longtime Nicholas County circuit judge and new state Supreme Court administrator in last year’s election has a hearing before the Justices next week.
WASHINGTON – After seven tries at coal ash disposal legislation, the U.S. Representative from West Virginia's 1st Congressional District is being praised for an agreement between House and Senate Conference Committees announced earlier this month.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Chamber of Commerce President Steve Roberts said the 2016 election revealed West Virginians’ dissatisfaction with existing government.
HUNTINGTON – Natural Resource Partners presented the Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 12th Annual Energy & Natural Resource Symposium Monday , highlighting the connection between energy, healthcare and infrastructure.
CHARLESTON – The Judicial Hearing Board has recommended that the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals bar Nicholas circuit judge-elect Stephen Callaghan for one year following the ethics charges against him for alleged shady campaign tactics.
