It didn’t take Betsy Lawson long to gather the orange rocks she brought with her to the rally Thursday afternoon. Same for the water of that same […]
Tag: Capito
Congressional Startup Day
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) came to the Morgantown area Wednesday to commemorate Congressional Startup Day. Observed annually since 2013 during the August congressional recess, Congressional Startup […]
Thank you to our U.S. senators
Capito one of only 19 to support infrastructure bill We often use this space to hold our politicians accountable. Lately, it has been Sens. Shelley Moore Capito […]
Profit put ahead of people
by Joseph Gouzd Notice was given on Dec. 11, 2020. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito didn’t respond until July 2021. On Dec. 11, 2020, Viatris, […]
Where will Capito, Manchin stand on infrastructure plans?
While we’re on the subject of infrastructure, let’s talk about the bipartisan traditional infrastructure package underway in the Senate. Last Thursday, Sen. Joe Manchin gave a vague […]
Who is Capito ‘concerned’ for? Not average people
A couple weeks ago, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said of President Biden and Democrats’ $3.5 trillion “human infrastructure” plan: “I’m very concerned about how this will impact […]
Guest essay: When God sends a helicopter
by Delegate Joey Garcia A man climbed to his roof to escape a dangerous flood. He rejected offers to ride to safety in a rowboat, a motorboat, […]
GOP closed border argument is flimsy
There’s a certain irony in witnessing members of a party now infamous for downplaying the severity of COVID-19 use the disease as justification to keep the southern […]
Manchin is a swing vote … again. This time on ATF nominee
It is time for another episode of “Manchin in the Middle.” West Virginia’s Democratic U.S. senator is again a key vote on a pending issue where the […]
Time to get Biden on board to save the Mylan plant
Back in April, the West Virginia Legislature passed HR 24, a resolution urging Gov. Jim Justice to form a task force that would petition President Biden to […]
