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W.Va.-led coalition wins American Rescue Plan Act appellate victory
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has announced a West Virginia-led coalition had secured a key victory in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit in Atlanta.
Morrisey joins in letter to proxy advisory firms about concerns with ESG voting guidelines
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a 21-state coalition in writing a letter to two of the nation’s largest proxy advisory firms about concerns with how environmental, social and governance considerations affect the firms’ proxy voting recommendations and conflict with the financial interests of their clients.
Federal judge says W.Va. law keeps transgender girls from playing girls' school sports
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ruled a state law passed in 2021 keeps a transgender student-athlete who was born male from participating in girls’ sports.
Morrisey, other AGs support FCC plan for anti-robotext protections
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and other AGs support an Federal Communications Commission proposal to cut unwanted text messages by requiring mobile wireless providers to block texts from invalid, unassigned or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate list.
Woman says she bit into metal washer in her Quarter Pounder
MOUNDSVILLE – A Marshall County woman says she was injured when she took a bite of her McDonald’s Quarter Pounder with Cheese that had a metal washer hidden inside.
AGs file brief opposing rule giving CFPB more power to regulate
TYLER, Texas – Fourteen Attorneys General, including West Virginia’s Patrick Morrisey, have filed an amicus brief opposing a new rule implemented by the federal Consumer Finance Protection Bureau.
Morrisey says he's running in 2024, but not sure of which office yet
CHARLESTON – Shortly after U.S. Representative Alex K. Mooney announced his plans to challenge U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s campaign sent a letter to supporters saying he plans to be on the ballot in 2024 as well.
Manchin, Moore bash Biden over talk of shutting down coal plants
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said President Joe Biden’s suggestion that his administration is going to shut down coal plants is “outrageous and divorced from reality.”
Task force files enforcement actions against two alleged illegal robocallers
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has announced the national Anti-Robocall Litigation Task Force is enforcing investigations into two voice service providers over alleged involvement in illegal robocalls.“We must leave no stone unturned in our fight against unlawful robocalls,” Morrisey said in a press release.
Morrisey says CFPB must follow federal court order to operate
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is calling on the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to heed the ruling from the U.S.
Morrisey urges social media companies to take action to prevent fentanyl pushing
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has written letters to social media companies urging them to take action to help prevent drug dealers from using their platforms to peddle fentanyl.
Morrisey joins other AGs opposing rule requiring states to reach net-zero highway emissions
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a 20-state coalition in filing comments before the U.S. Department of Transportation to push back against a Biden Administration rule requiring all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia to reduce on-road carbon dioxide emissions to net-zero by 2050.
W.Va. Chamber calls Amendment 2 best way to axe vehicle tax
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce supports the passage of Amendment 2, saying it’s the most efficient way to eliminate the vehicle tax in West Virginia.
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear Blankenship's conviction appeal
WASHINGTON – The United State Supreme Court has said it won’t review the conviction of former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.
W.Va. SOS leading effort to require states to maintain voter records digitally
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner is part of a national effort to preserve election results. Warner and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose are calling for states to pass legislation requiring the maintenance of digital, publicly accessible voter records.
Morrisey leads U.S. Supreme Court brief supporting stronger religious freedom at work
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a broader right to religious accommodations in the workplace.
Morrisey, other AGs question legality of new credit card category for gun sales
CHARLESTON — Following his letters urging three major credit card companies to reconsider their bid to apply a new merchant code to distinguish firearms purchases at gun shops, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a coalition raising concerns over the legality of the proposed action.
W.Va. officials want credit card companies to reconsider plan to categorize gun shop sales
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is urging Visa, Mastercard and American Express to reconsider their decision to apply a new merchant code to distinguish firearms purchases from other general merchandise sales. West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore also has been critical of the plan.
Morrisey, other AGs urge Biden to classify fentanyl as Weapon of Mass Destruction
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a multistate bipartisan effort urging President Biden to classify fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction.
State files lawsuit against Kroger alleging dual role in opioid crisis
WINFIELD – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has filed a civil lawsuit accusing Kroger of helping fuel the state’s opioid crisis.