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Monday, March 18, 2024

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Surety firm seeks liens on Justice companies to pay $8.5M judgment

By Chris Dickerson |
ROANOKE, Virginia – A Chicago-based surety company has asked a federal court to approve liens against West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and two of his companies for failing to pay a court-ordered judgment of more than $8.5 million.

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Va. judge issues final orders denying Justice request to set aside $300 million in judgments

By Chris Dickerson |
MARTINSVILLE, Virginia – A Virginia judge has issued 21 final orders denying requests by Gov. Jim Justice, his family and companies to set aside more than $300 million in confessed judgments.

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Kentucky bill to make U.S. citizenship a voting requirement passes Senate

By Chris Dickerson |
FRANKFORT, Kentucky – A bill that would prevent non-citizens from voting in Kentucky has passed the state Senate.

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Stuart questions Biden's qualifications to be on W.Va. ballot

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – A state Senator and candidate for state Attorney General is questioning President Joe Biden’s qualifications for candidacy on the West Virginia ballot.

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Justice businesses hit with one-two legal punch

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – Businesses owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family are facing a double whammy in courts, including the impending auction of The Greenbrier Sporting Club.

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West Virginia businesses show resilience, adaptability

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia's business environment is resilient and has shown it can adapt to changing market dynamics.

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W.Va. joins AWS Tech Alliance to create tech pipeline for rural communities

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — Earlier this month, West Virginia became the fourth state to join Amazon Web Services Skills to Job Tech Alliance and the only state so far to focus its development on the tech pipeline to rural communities.

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REPORT: Inflation returns as top business problem on Main Street

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia is not immune to soaring inflation, as the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index lays out in its latest report.

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Stuart, other former U.S. Attorneys back Trump in Supreme Court amicus brief

By Chris Dickerson |
WASHINGTON – Mike Stuart has joined other former U.S. Attorneys in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court asking it to overturn the Colorado ruling to keep former President Donald Trump off of that state's primary election ballot.

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Federal judge dismisses attempt to keep Trump off West Virginia ballot

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that sought to keep former President Donald Trump off the West Virginia ballot in next year’s primary.

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Va. judge hears arguments in bank cases against Justice companies

By Chris Dickerson |
MARTINSVILLE, Va. – A Virginia judge heard arguments regarding $300 million allegedly owed by businesses owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s family to a bank.

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Judge rules for Cabell library, park district in excess levy dispute with school board

By Chris Dickerson |
HUNTINGTON – A Cabell Circuit Court judge has ruled the county library and local park district are entitled to receiving funding from the county’s excess levy.

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W.Va. man awaits decision for damages from wrongful imprisonment

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — A West Virginia man who was wrongly convicted of murder and finally released from prison is now awaiting a decision by the Legislative Claims Commission on money for damages for being forced to endure prison for 14 years.

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Attorneys working to clear name of Marine accused of stealing Hertz rental car

By Chris Dickerson |
MORGANTOWN – A Marine wants to clear his name after being accused of stealing a rental car from Hertz.

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West Virginia named 1 of 7 hydrogen hub locations nationwide

By Kyla Asbury |
CHARLESTON — West Virginia has been chosen as one of seven regional hydrogen hubs across the United States, which will bring new technology and jobs to the state.

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Morrisey lashes out at WV CALA criticism of opioid attorney fees

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – After a statewide legal reform group criticized attorney fees of more than $141 million for the state opioid litigation, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said the criticism was “absurd” and “flat-out asinine.”

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Wheeling law firm requests information about planned Oglebay Park deer hunt

By Chris Dickerson |
WHEELING – A Wheeling law firm has submitted FOIA requests to officials with a state agency and a city agency regarding a planned deer hunt in Wheeling’s Oglebay Park.

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Justice-owned coal companies face $1.3 billion in Virginia fines

By Chris Dickerson |
RICHMOND, Virginia – Coal companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice’s family might owe about $1.3 billion in fines to the Commonwealth of Virginia for violations of a deal to clean up oil spills at eight sites.