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Warner: ‘Election was stolen’

West Virginia’s chief elections officer, now a candidate for governor, has again said the 2020 presidential election was rigged. “The election was stolen, and it was stolen by the CIA,” Secretary of State Mac Warner, a Republican, said Thursday night during a MetroNews debate for gubernatorial candidates. Of the candidates at the debate, Warner was the only one who went so far. Businessman Chris Miller, son of Congresswoman Carol Miller, when asked if the election was stolen responded “possibly.” House Judiciary Chairman Moore Capito, son of U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore ...

PEIA Finance Board approves premium increases for coming year

The finance board for West Virginia’s Public Employees Insurance Agency approved another round of significant premium increases, with union leaders warning that the costs are likely to affect morale. “There are other places, especially with our borders, where they can go and where the benefit packages are much better,” said Elaine Harris, representative at the Communication Workers of America, which represents some state workers like corrections workers and State Police. “We want to keep the people here. We need them.” PEIA had outlined potential premium increases ...

GOP candidates differ on pace of future tax cuts

West Virginia has already embarked on what the current governor calls the largest tax cut in state history, and candidates to next take on the chief executive’s role differ in how aggressively they might build on that. Chris Miller, a businessman from Huntington, says he would ...

Preston Commission votes to change payroll system

KINGWOOD — Members of the Preston County Commission voted to change their current payroll system to Paycom, an online payroll management system. Set up for the system will cost the commission $4,259.75. Once it is set up it will cost $1,204.39 per month. This includes training personnel how to use the system. “I called every county in West Virginia that used Paycom and no one had anything bad to say about it,” Commissioner Hunter Thomas said. County Clerk Linda Huggins said she believes the system will be helpful to all county offices. However, she added, she couldn’t ...

Candidates for governor share their economic visions for W.Va.

West Virginia’s Republican candidates for governor, most of whom are meeting for a MetroNews debate this week, have been weighing in on their views of the state’s economy. Generally, indicators show that the state’s economy is all right. CNBC, the cable television business channel, ranked West Virginia’s economy 46th in the nation. Workforce, business friendliness and economic factors earned F ratings. Infrastructure got a D-minus. But cost of doing business and cost of living both got an A-plus. West Virginia’s most recent unemployment rate was 4.0 percent, which is ...