MORGANTOWN – The U.S. EPA recently responded to a letter from the West Virginia Manufacturers Association joined with seven other business and industry groups from five states to urge the […]
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Joe Manchin talks with WV reporters about permitting reform, debt ceiling negotiations
MORGANTOWN – Permitting reform will happen this year and the government won’t go into default on its debts, Sen. Joe Manchin told West Virginia reporters Thursday afternoon. “Permitting is going […]
Capito promotes permitting reform, Mountain Valley Pipeline completion during talk with West Virginia press
MORGANTOWN — Permitting reform remains alive and well in the U.S. Senate, despite two previous failed bills. “Permitting reform is front and center on my agenda,” Sen. Shelley Moore Capito […]
Senate Finance chair seeks federal inquiry into Justice office transfer of $28M COVID funds into governor’s discretionary account
MORGANTOWN – State Senate Finance chair Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, has written to the U.S. Treasury Office of Inspector General to investigate whether the transfer of $28.375 million in unappropriated CARES […]
Capito talks Biden budget, EPA and energy, Medicare solvency with West Virginia press
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Shelley Moore Capito talked with members of the West Virginia press on Thursday, covering the Biden budget, carbon sequestration, the Pleasants Power Station and Medicare. President Biden […]
WV Manufacturers Association joins groups from 5 states urging EPA to expedite state-permitting plans for carbon capture and storage projects
MORGANTOWN — While the Biden administration has openly expressed support for curbing greenhouse gas emissions through carbon capture and sequestration projects, many believe Biden’s EPA is dragging its feet in […]
AG Morrisey co-leads multistate suit against EPA Waters of the U.S. rule, also opposed by agriculture and business organizations
MORGANTOWN – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is again leading a multistate lawsuit against a Biden administration agency rule, again alleging Biden is illegally bypassing Congress to make laws through […]
Public safety, gun rights, executive overreach all factors in three suits — including W.Va.’s — challenging new ATF pistol brace rule
MORGANTOWN – The multistate lawsuit led by West Virginia against the Biden administration’s new gun rule is not the only one in the works. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & […]
Capito talks inflation, energy, water with West Virginia reporters
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito held one of her regular virtual conversations with members of the West Virginia press at the end of last week, covering such issues as […]
Vaccine fears and misinformation: Conversations with COVID Czar Clay Marsh and Mon County Health Officer Lee Smith
MORGANTOWN – Social media abounds with posts questioning the reality and severity of the COVID pandemic, and the safety and effectiveness of the COVID vaccines. A recent Rasmussen Reports national […]
