We find it mind-boggling when West Virginia politicians — ones who have grown up here, not just swooped in to fill an elected office — don’t support clean water regulations. At the end of December, the Environmental Protection Agency released a new rule to redefine “waters of the ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito held one of her regular virtual conversations with members of the West Virginia press at the end of last week, covering such issues as inflation and permitting reform. “This week has really highlighted what I see is one of the grave concerns that ...
by Greg Boso At the end of 2022, Congress approved a nearly 1,000-page $1.7 trillion omnibus package to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown before Christmas. Buried in those pages was an amendment that should provide West Virginians some peace of mind when it comes to how ...
MORGANTOWN — Earmarks have returned to Congress and Sens. Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin — both Appropriations Committee members — have put out their lists of West Virginia earmarks included in the recently passed $1.7 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus bill. Capito's earmarks ...
MORGANTOWN – The fate of the Title 42 immigration policy remains up in the air as proponents and opponents await U.S. Supreme Court Action. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito had both celebrated that Chief Justice John Roberts had put a pause on Title 42 expiring on Wednesday, ...
MORGANTOWN — Sen. Joe Manchin announced on Tuesday that the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act of 2022 will be included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill slated for a vote in the Senate this week. Manchin and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito ...