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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving West Virginia Newsletter for Saturday August 02, 2025 ( 3 items )  

ICYMI: Chairman Capito Secures West Virginia Priorities in Committee-Passed Labor-H Funding Bill
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Chairman Capito Secures West Virginia Priorities in Committee-Passed Labor-H Funding Bill * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), yesterday announced that priorities for West Virginia were included in the bipartisan Fiscal   more

Justice family coal company must explain to regulators why mountaintop removal mining permit should not be revoked
BOONE, North Carolina, Aug. 1 [Category: Sociological] -- Appalachian Voices posted the following news release: * * * Justice family coal company must explain to regulators why mountaintop removal mining permit should not be revoked * August 1, 2025 CONTACT Dan Radmacher, Media Specialist, (276) 289-1018, dan@appvoices.org CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A coal company owned and operated by the family of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., will need to explain why its permit for a large mountaintop  more

Senator Justice Highlights Correct Assessment of State Surplus and Fiscal Health
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jim Justice, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2025: * * * Senator Justice Highlights Correct Assessment of State Surplus and Fiscal Health Today's report highlighting a surplus of $338.5 million is consistent with what was predicted upon Justice's departure from the Governor's office * Today, Senator Jim Justice released a statement highlighting the surplus reported by the State of West Virginia: "It ain't bragging if you're right, a  more