CHARLESTON – A federal 4th Circuit appeals court judge and West Virginia native has rescinded his plan to become a senior status judge and will remain on the bench.
CHARLESTON – Now that the compromise voting rights legislation championed by Sen. Joe Manchin has been defeated, one election law expert says Manchin’s stance on the filibuster becomes even more important.
CHARLESTON –Republicans were successful in blocking U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s Freedom to Vote Act earlier this week thanks, at least in part, to Manchin’s staunch support of maintaining current filibuster rules.
For the Freedom to Vote Act to avoid the same fate as the For the People Act, the 50 Senate Democrats need 10 Republicans to support it to avoid another filibuster. That seems unlikely, so the other option for Democrats is to eliminate the legislative filibuster to allow the measure to pass on a party line vote.
WASHINGTON – The version of the John Lewis Voting Rights Act passed last week by House Democrats varies greatly from the compromise Sen. Joe Manchin offered earlier this summer. And the ranking member of the Committee on House Administration says Manchin, who likely will be the key vote when the matter goes to the Senate, wouldn’t support this latest version of the bill if he “were to follow his own framework.”
WILLIAMSON – A Mingo County attorney and former state lawmaker has filed a lawsuit seeking $25,000 after he says Old Spice deodorant caused severe burns, irritation and rashes on his armpits.
CHARLESTON – A group of a dozen public employee unions have filed a petition claiming a new state law that keeps employers from automatically deducting union dues from paychecks is retaliatory.
CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice has signed House Bill 2495, which requires plaintiffs in asbestos cases to file a sworn information form that specifies evidentiary basis for each claim and provide supporting documentation.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is part of a 13-state coalition that has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding states’ ability to cut taxes despite a provision in the most recent COVID-19 release package.
CHARLESTON – An amended bill that would create a new intermediate appellate court has passed the House of Delegates and now heads back to the state Senate.
CHARLESTON – National and statewide tort reform groups are praising West Virginia lawmakers for work on the COVID-19 immunity legislation that could be on the governor’s desk soon.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has sent a letter to the leadership of the U.S. Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee opposing the nomination of Janet Gaven McCabe as deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito joined some Senate colleagues to introduce a bill that would prevent the president and other officials from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without Congressional approval.
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is poised to become one of the most important players in Washington if the Democrats manage to grab the two Georgia Senate seats.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has joined a multistate group of Republican state attorneys general in requesting the federal government work with states to hold the Chinese government accountable for the Coronavirus outbreak.
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Legislation clarifying that the American Law Institute’s controversial insurance liability Restatement does not constitute law or public policy if it conflicts with established federal, state or case law overwhelmingly passed in Kentucky but was vetoed Tuesday by Gov. Andy Beshear.
PHILADELPHIA – Legislation stating the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance does not constitute law or public policy if it conflicts with established federal, state or case law recently passed in the states of Utah and Kentucky.