Lunchtime rundown: Charleston could fight home rule, gun bills pass, Sen....
Maybe you missed it — maybe, like me, you were stuck at the Capitol at 11:30 Saturday night — but Saturday Night Live dedicated last week’s opening skit to Sen. Joe Manchin‘s gun control bill. Click...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Budget expected to pass Wednesday, mayor talks home rule,...
As Dave reports in this morning’s paper, lawmakers are set to pass this year’s budget on Wednesday, just three days into this week’s extended session. Speaking to the Daily Mail on Monday, House and...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Special session on the way, Tennant’s successful year in...
Multiple sources (including lawmakers and their staff members on Twitter) are confirming Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will call for a special session this afternoon to address bills that failed during the...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: what does an Attorney General do?
Newly-elected Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has big plans for his office. He recently announced a statewide “Jobs Summit” tour, which he hopes will improve the state’s business climate. But many...
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Lunchtime rundown: Governor releases derecho report, GOP needs Congress...
Strong winds from last year’s derecho took down power lines and trees around the state, including this big Sycamore along Pence Street in South Charleston. Luckily, no one was in the SUV at the time....
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Morrisey questions abortion clinics, Tomblin calls special...
Spurred by a lawsuit filed last week in Kanawha County and, apparently, this story from the Daily Mail, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Monday sent letters to West Virginia’s two abortion clinics,...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: W.Va. delegation takes on Obama’s “war on coal,” lawmakers...
The big news of the day are two U.S. Supreme Court rulings striking down the Defense of Marriage Act (which all five members of West Virginia supported when it passed in 1996), and California’s...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Miley vows balance, food tax ends, smoking bans enacted
From Clifton, Md. to Dallas, Dallas to Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh to Clarksburg, and Clarksburg to the House of Delegates, it’s been a long and circuitous road for Tim Miley to become Speaker of the House....
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For your information: a hangun reciprocity map
The Attorney General’s Office produced this map of states where West Virginia handgun licenses are recognized. Beth Ryan from the Attorney General’s Office emailed me this map a few minutes ago. It...
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Lunchtime rundown: protest at Governor’s mansion, state investment firm...
A man chained himself to a barrel in front of the Governor’s Mansion on Wednesday. Photo by Tom Hindman. As I’m sure you’re now aware, a protestor with the environmental advocacy group Radical Action...
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