Covering the important local and state stories?
Newspapers on the cheap (part 457)
If you worked through the quiz by starting with the premise that Wheeling papers would not be covering the economics connected with a coal plant in Marshall County, you probably arrived at the correct answers. Yes, the Intelligencer's top story was
. . .Big Issues Coming Before Pennsylvania Voters Tuesday
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News from the West Virginia branch of the Trump Party
WV’s attorney general is already angling for a position if the Republicans win the next presidential election
Praise for Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis
Yesterday, West Virginia's Attorney General tweeted:
.@GovRonDeSantis is doing a very good job in Florida moving his state forward.
The @GOP has many state officials who are leading during these challenging times. We can do so much better than the #BidenBlunders we are experiencing. . . .
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The Trump Party removes Representative Cheney from party leadership
Our local representative, David McKinley, appears to have voted “yes”
Earlier today, House Republicans voted to remove Representative Liz Cheney from her leadership position in the Party. The vote was taken behind closed doors with no reporters present. It was also done by voice vote – there is no official record.
Hoppy Kercheval and WV Metro News asked West Virginia’s three representatives to comment . . .
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Shelley and Joe make news
Following WV’s senators
Senator Shelley Moore Capito
A couple of times a week, for most of the 7+ years that I have been doing this blog, I use a search engine to see what WV’s two senators and the area’s congressman have been doing. Until this year, the results were quite predictable. Joe Manchin was always making news, David McKinley would sometimes make . . .
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"I think there is a rule that bans earmarks, but there's also a rule that says we're not bound by the rules."
Following Senator Capito down the rabbit hole on earmarks
Last week, the local “newspapers” featured area congressman David McKinley’s efforts on earmarks. (I wrote about it here.) As a follow-up, I decided to research what WV’s junior senator, Shelley Moore Capito, is saying about the subject.
From Roll Call last month, here is Capito hedging on the Senate rule banning earmarks:
. . .News from the Trump Party (formerly known as the Republican Party)
Brooke County Chapter
From page D2 of today's Wheeling News-Register:
You mean these "patriots"?
Ah, some of these "patriots" may no longer be available.
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$41.5 million for WV’s 2nd congressional district: Congressman Alex Mooney is “glad that this funding has been secured for health care centers”
While Mooney was quick to take credit for the funding, what he doesn’t tell us is that he voted against the coronavirus legislation that provided the money
Here was Mooney’s press release issued soon after the funds were released:
Congressman Alex X. Mooney (WV-02) today announced $41,596,186 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grants to 12 health care centers in West Virginia’s Second Congressional District.
“I am glad that this funding has been secured for . . .
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