From the W.Va. House of Delegates: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates on Thursday voted 60-37 to pass a compromise budget with the Senate, House Bill 101<http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=101&year=2016&sessiontype=1X>, with leaders urging Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to approve the bill in order to avert a government shutdown on July 1. “We[Read More…]
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Supreme Court reverses Circuit Court’s ambulance authority decisions
By Jean A. Flanagan Moorefield Examiner MOOREFIELD, W.Va. — The final chapter of a three-year court battle regarding emergency ambulance service in Hardy County has been written. West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Menis Ketchum wrote the opinion reversing the 22nd Circuit Court’s decision to void the Hardy County Emergency Ambulance[Read More…]
Attorney General Morrisey: Supreme Court decision is victory in protecting property rights
From the office of the West Virginia Attorney General CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey claimed victory in efforts to protect the rights of property owners against the federal government with a unanimous decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. Attorney General Morrisey, in cooperation with Ohio Attorney General[Read More…]
At the Capitol: Special Budget Session
By Phil Kabler For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As legislators left Charleston Friday for the long Memorial Day weekend, closing out the second week of a special session to pass the state’s 2016-17 budget, the House and Senate had inched closer to a final deal on[Read More…]
Some of West Virginia’s best and brightest finding careers in state
By George Hohmann For the W.Va. Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Armed with a masters in business administration, a law degree and a decade of high-octane work experience, 35-year-old Sarah Smith could probably build a future anywhere. While some have chosen to leave West Virginia for perceived greener pastures, Smith has[Read More…]
Letter to the Editor: Judge Merrick Garland Nomination
Editor: Here we go again, our Senator Joe Manchin forgetting or overlooking why we elected him. As I recall, you actually shot the Cap and Trade Bill, vowing to protect the people of West Virginia from the overreaching power of Washington elites. With our businesses, our jobs, and our way of life[Read More…]
W.Va. fire departments receive FEMA assistance grants
Grants totaling more than $887,000 awarded in West Virginia WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) today announced new Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) awards totaling $887,145 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The funding will benefit Springfield Valley Volunteer Fire Company in[Read More…]
WV Republican delegates issue statement on tobacco tax vote
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Several House Republican lawmakers Monday urged their fellow delegates to support a 45-cent increase in the state’s tobacco tax, saying it is essential to passing a balanced budget and averting an interruption in government services. A group of 16 Republican delegates said Senate Bill 1005, up for[Read More…]
Capito statement on legislation to protect sexual assault victims
Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 aims to protect victims of sexual assault and prevent future abuses by registered sex offenders WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s passage of the Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2016 today on an 89-0 vote: “Sexual assault[Read More…]
Booth Goodwin resumes private practice at law firm of Goodwin & Goodwin
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Booth Goodwin, former United States Attorney in the Southern District of West Virginia, has returned to private practice at the law firm of Goodwin & Goodwin, LLP in Charleston, West Virginia. Goodwin’s resumed private practice will focus upon complex litigation, corporate investigations and mass torts. “I am[Read More…]
