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Justice names Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy to judicial seat

Gov. Jim Justice has appointed his revenue secretary to a Kanawha County Circuit Court seat, and has appointed a senior adviser and former delegate as acting revenue secretary. Justice announced the two appointments a few minutes apart on Wednesday morning. He appointed Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy to the 13th Circuit seat left vacant upon the passing of Judge Joanna Tabit in September. Hardy previously announced his intention to seek election to the seat in 2024 and filed his pre-candidacy papers Nov. 1. Justice named Hardy to the cabinet post in January 2017. Hardy also ...

GOP governor candidates say W.Va. should have received more in opioid settlements

West Virginia’s litigation in a range of lawsuits over opioid addiction is bringing in a total of $940,386,000, and Republican candidates for governor say it could have been more. During a MetroNews debate, three candidates blamed another, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, for not being aggressive enough. And they also questioned Morrisey’s influence over the West Virginia First Foundation, which is the entity established to divvy up the money to alleviate the effects of drug addiction in communities around the state. Morrisey opted against participating in the debate, saying ...

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 ...