Lunchtime rundown: GOP proposes ed bill amendments, Capito might have an...
Lots of news out of the statehouse today, so I’m going to do a Romenesko-style link rundown today. A speech by Sen. Mike Green, D-Raleigh, on the Senate floor yesterday has spurred debate on a...
View ArticleRockefeller wants Defense of Marriage Act repealed
As the Defense of Marriage Act comes before the U.S. Supreme Court, a former supporter of the legislation is announcing a change of heart and calling for its repeal. I’m talking about West Virginia’s...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown, the “Flush Week” edition
Today is the 42nd day of West Virginia’s 81st Legislature. Yesterday was the last day for lawmakers to introduce new bills. Tomorrow is the last day for double-referenced bills to leave their...
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 ArticleErik Wells rules out U.S. Congress run
While rumors have circulated that State Sen. Erik Wells, D-Kanawha, would run for U.S. Congress in 2014, the two-term senator announced Friday he will instead seek re-election to the West Virginia...
View ArticleFormer Democratic Party chairman might announce Congress campaign on Tuesday
Former Democratic Party chairman Nick Casey will hold a press conference on Tuesday afternoon to announce “future campaign intentions,” according to a press release. While it is unclear what Casey will...
View ArticleLivestream: Gov. Tomblin announces Medicaid decision
Today at 11 a.m., Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin will announce his decision on expanding Medicaid in the state. Watch below for a live stream of the event, or follow along with our live blog. (The broadcast...
View ArticlePreservati out of the 2014 U.S. Senate race
West Virginia Democratic Party chairman Larry Puccio says Charleston lawyer Nick Preservati will not run for U.S. Senate in 2014. “It’s my understanding that he’s taken his name out, but I’ve not heard...
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Rockefeller pens “A Tribute to West Virginia”
Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va. (Photo by Bob Bird, AP) Don’t be ashamed if you get a little misty-eyed while reading this short column, penned by soon-retiring Sen. Jay Rockefeller. The senator’s...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Supreme Court okays outside attorneys, dog breeders punished
The state Supreme Court unanimously agrees: the Attorney General can hire private attorneys to help litigate state cases. Justices handed down the 5-0 ruling, spurred by two cases brought against...
View ArticleReaders respond to Rockefeller’s “Tribute to West Virginia”
Earlier this week I posted “A Tribute to West Virginia,” a short column written by the soon-retiring Sen. Jay Rockefeller. It was a moving tribute to his adopted home state, but the comments it...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Manchin discusses NSA spying program, state settles...
Speaking on the Bloomberg Television show “Political Capital with Al Hunt,” Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said he’s bothered by recent revelations about National Security Administration programs...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Almost zero oversight for W.Va. abortion clinics, Wheeling...
Neither the state Department of Health and Human Resources nor local health departments have the authority to inspect or license West Virginia’s abortion clinics, according to today’s story by my Daily...
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West Virginia delegation celebrates pepperoni rolls
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday sponsored a “Taste of West Virginia” event in Washington, D.C. to commemorate pepperoni rolls being voted America’s favorite state food by CQ Roll Call....
View ArticleDelegate Meshea Poore announces run for 2nd District
Delegate Meshea Poore, D-Kanawha, announced this morning she will run for West Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. I am officially announcing my candidacy for #WV‘s 2nd Congressional District!...
View ArticleLunchdown rundown: Morrisey working with state Board of Ed, McGraw’s home...
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey will assist the state Board of Education in its search for a new superintendent, as Daily Mail education reporter Shay Maunz reports: At Wednesday’s meeting, Morrisey...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Davis has strong words for Dems, pensions top national...
Speaking this morning on Hoppy Kercheval’s “Talkline” radio show, W.Va. Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis said she would not run for U.S. Senate next year. She also laid some harsh criticisms on...
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Lunchtime rundown: Overhaul planned for state juvenile system, Rockefeller...
The Harriet B. Jones Treatment Center in Harrison County (Photo courtesy of the West Virginia Division of Juvenile Services) Court-ordered fixes to the state’s juvenile corrections system could cost...
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West Virginia’s congressional delegation on Syria
Syrians push a man who allegedly suffered a chemical weapons attack on a gurney, to show him to the UN investigation team, in Damascus countryside of Zamalka, Syria,. (AP Photo) The Daily Mail has...
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Rahall continues to support Syria strike
Rep. Nick Rahall Although Sen. Joe Manchin, Rep. Shelley Moore Capito and Rep. David McKinley have all said Syria is not a threat to the United States’ national security, Rep. Nick Rahall is...
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