by Joseph Gouzd Notice was given on Dec. 11, 2020. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito didn’t respond until July 2021. On Dec. 11, 2020, Viatris, a global pharmaceutical manufacturing powerhouse gave notice to more than 1,500 people that their lives were to be uprooted in ...
While we’re on the subject of infrastructure, let’s talk about the bipartisan traditional infrastructure package underway in the Senate. Last Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin gave a vague but optimistic comment on the package’s progress, saying, “We will continue working hard to ensure ...
A couple weeks ago, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said of President Biden and Democrats’ $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” plan: “I’m very concerned about how this will impact West Virginians and West Virginians’ budgets.” Capito seems to be solely focused on increased ...
by Delegate Joey Garcia A man climbed to his roof to escape a dangerous flood. He rejected offers to ride to safety in a rowboat, a motorboat, and a helicopter, responding “No thanks, I’m praying to God and he will save me.” When the man drowned, he asked God why he had forsaken ...
There’s a certain irony in witnessing members of a party now infamous for downplaying the severity of COVID-19 use the disease as justification to keep the southern border tightly closed. Twenty-six Republican senators signed a letter to President Biden requesting he keep a Trump-era CDC ...
It is time for another episode of “Manchin in the Middle.” West Virginia’s Democratic U.S. senator is again a key vote on a pending issue where the Senate is split. This time it is over President Biden’s nominee of David Chipman to be the director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco ...