MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met virtually with the press Thursday to talk about the COVID-19 relief package shaping up in Congress and a handful […]
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Manchin, Capito announce $258K for research project
Newsroom@DominionPostWV CHARLESTON — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., members of the Senate appropriations committee, Friday announced $258,719 from the National Science Foundation […]
Sen. Capito named ranking member of Environment and Public Works Committee
MORGANTOWN – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced Tuesday that she was elected by her colleagues to serve as the Senate Committee of Environment and Public […]
Budget resolution with COVID relief and stimulus checks passes House, heads toward reconciliation
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. House of Representatives passed the budget resolution containing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 American Rescue Plan on Friday. The House action followed the […]
Capito recaps GOP meeting with Biden on COVID relief legislation
Morgantown – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.V.a. recapped on Tuesday the highlights of the meeting she and nine other senators had with President Biden on Monday regarding […]
Clay Marsh offers insights on West Virginia’s vaccine successes to congressional panel
MORGANTOWN – COVID-19 Czar Clay Marsh testified before a Congressional subcommittee Tuesday on vaccine distribution issues in West Virginia and across the nation. He was one of […]
Manchin, Capito, team with others to reintroduce miners’ COVID protection bill
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito have again teamed with other senators to reintroduce the COVID-19 Mine Worker Protection Act. The bill […]
Capito and nine GOP senators meeting with Biden to discuss alternate COVID relief bill with smaller stimulus checks
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., was among a group of 10 GOP senators meeting with President Joe Biden Monday to propose an alternative COVID-19 relief […]
W.Va. lawmakers, Sierra Club comment on Biden’s slate of climate orders
MORGANTOWN – Among the torrent of executive actions that have poured out of President Biden’s office during his first 10 days are five on climate change. The […]
Fed court vacates Trump EPA ACE Rule, replacement for Clean Power Plan; various West Virginia leaders react
MORGANTOWN – President Biden has been undoing many Trump-era environmental measures with executive orders. But on Tuesday a D.C. Federal circuit court – with two Obama-appointees and […]