MORGANTOWN – Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin both spent time with members of the West Virginia press Thursday to talk about voting and infrastructure legislation. On Wednesday, Senate Republicans used the filibuster to block S1, the For the People Act dealing with federal ...
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an extended version of today's editorial, containing additional information about what was in the For the People Act as well as additional quotes. For the shortened version, please see the e-edition for June 24, 2021. The For the People Act (HR 1 and S 1, ...
SHEPHERDSTOWN – A group of West Virginia small businesses launched a coalition Tuesday to call on Sen. Joe Manchin to support a piece of federal legislation that is facing a roadblock in the senate. The West Virginia Small Business for Democracy Coalition is comprised of more than 100 ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito offered her thoughts on ongoing infrastructure deliberations, the Supreme Court’s Obamacare ruling, the For the People Act and other topics Thursday during her virtual meeting with members of the West Virginia press. On Obamacare, the U.S. Supreme ...
A week ago, Sen. Joe Manchin announced in a Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed he would not support HR 1/S 1, also known as the For the People Act. HR 1 is a federal reaction to the slew of voter-suppression laws cropping up in individual states. The goal is to make sure that elections are as ...
To the First Lady of W.Va. and her staff I wanted to personally thank First Lady of West Virginia Cathy Justice for the opportunity for my English students in Monongalia County to participate in her essay contest “Renaming the State of West Virginia.” Not only was this topic ...