MORGANTOWN — The Republican field for the 2024 gubernatorial primary got a bit more crowded on Tuesday. Secretary of State Mac Warner said he's considering a run and House of Delegates Judiciary Chair Moore Capito announced his candidacy. Warner announced his intentions in a Tuesday ...
BY MIKE NOLTING The race for the West Virginia U.S. Senate seat currently held by Democrat Joe Manchin could set the field for other races, possibly even the office of President of the United States. On WAJR’s “Talk of the Town,” director of the Fairmont State University National ...
MORGANTOWN — Gov. Jim Justice briefly addressed his thoughts on running for U.S. Senate during Tuesday's COVID briefing. But it was a COVID briefing and before the press dove into politics, Justice and his team talked numbers and vaccines. Tuesday's pandemic death toll was 7,590, and ...
Gov. Jim Justice said his administration will continue to support West Virginia’s overloaded jail system while also searching for better ways to recruit and retain corrections officers. Justice declared an emergency in the corrections system in August because of staffing shortages. The ...
Gov. Jim Justice dismissed legislative frustrations about an outside review of the Department of Health and Human Resources, equating those concerns to political toxins from the most recent election. The Republican governor broadly addressed a question about how the recommendations to ...
CHARLESTON — Amendment 2, the hottest issue on West Virginia ballots, was defeated on Election Night. “It was an absolute, ill-fated idea,” said Gov. Jim Justice, who campaigned around the state against the amendment. The governor added, “We’ve heard the voice of the ...