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AVN Corporation today announced it has completed the transaction to acquire Mid-Atlantic Technology & Innovation Center, a strategic research and development (R&D) partner for companies in the chemicals and advanced software technologies industries. AVN acquired all of the operations and assets of MATRIC, including all technology, patents and facilities. All MATRIC employees were transitioned to AVN in the same roles they previously held. MATRIC, the 501c3 non-profit entity, will continue its... Read More

The Trump administration had rolled back the Obama administration’s expanded federal protections as part of its unwinding of hundreds of environmental and public health regulations.The Trump-era rule, finalized in 2020, was long sought by builders, oil and gas developers, farmers and others who complained about federal overreach that they said stretched into gullies, creeks and ravines on farmland and other private property.Friday’s finalized regulation protects hundreds of thousands of small... Read More

A federal funding allocation of $25 million is being made available to assist with the ongoing construction of the Coalfields Expressway project in southern West Virginia. This is a welcomed, but long overdue, development.The funding was announced just before Christmas by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. The two lawmakers said the $25 million funding award is a federal earmark coming from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.The federal... Read More

The implementation of a new IRS reporting requirement that would impact transactions of only $600 on platforms like PayPal has been delayed for a year.Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., both have pushed for the delay of the requirement, which was a part of the American Rescue Plan.The requirement, which was set to go into effect for the 2022 tax year, would lower the threshold needed on money transaction platforms in order to receive a 1099K from the IRS from the... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is celebrating the second anniversary of the establishment of the nation’s newest national park and preserve.Legislation that formally designated the New River Gorge National River as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve was signed into law on Dec. 27, 2020.“People from across the country and around the world have come and seen firsthand what West Virginia is all about, and they are realizing that it is the hidden gem we knew about all along,” said... Read More

The migrant border policy Title 42 will remain in effect for months while legal challenges play out, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 on Tuesday.The Supreme Court has taken up the case to consider whether 19 states could challenge the policy's end as desired by the Biden administration.The court on a 5-4 vote granted a request by a group of Republican state attorneys general to put on hold a judge's decision invalidating the emergency order known as Title 42 while it considered whether they could... Read More

US Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) announced on Dec. 22 that West Virginia University (WVU) livestock systems management project would receive nearly $4.8 million in funding from the US Department of Agriculture.In their statement, the senators said the allocated funds would provide financial and technical assistance to Appalachian farmers and agricultural producers to adopt.“Farmers and agricultural producers are important contributors to West Virginia’s... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is entering the new year with a higher profile which she hopes to use to address important issues facing both the state and the nation. Capito, R-W.Va., was selected by her colleagues in the U.S. Senate Republican caucus last month as the vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference. The new position puts Capito on the leadership team of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. It also marks the first time a West Virginian was in the leadership of either... Read More

A Randolph County organization is one of two in the state to receive a new round of federal funding.Senators Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito, members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, have announced $180,151 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for two West Virginia housing authorities to “help provide quality, affordable housing for all West Virginians.”This funding will specifically support households that include non-elderly individuals with disabilities.The... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is entering the new year with a higher profile which she hopes to use to address important issues facing both the state and the nation.Capito, R-W.Va., was selected by her colleagues in the U.S. Senate Republican caucus last month as the vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference.The new position puts Capito on the leadership team of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. It also marks the first time a West Virginian was in the leadership of... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is entering the new year with a higher profile, which she hopes to use to address important issues facing both the state and the nation.Capito, R-W.Va., was selected by her colleagues in the U.S. Senate Republican caucus last month as the vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference.The new position puts Capito on the leadership team of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. It also marks the first time a West Virginian was in the leadership of either... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito is entering the new year with a higher profile which she hopes to use to address important issues facing both the state and the nation.Capito, R-W.Va., was selected by her colleagues in the U.S. Senate Republican caucus last month as the vice chair of the Senate Republican Conference.The new position puts Capito on the leadership team of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. It also marks the first time a West Virginian was in the leadership of either party... Read More

The drawn-out saga of Title 42, the set of emergency powers that allows border officials to quickly turn away migrants, has been chaotic at the U.S.-Mexico border. In Washington, it hasn't unfolded much better.The Supreme Court is weighing whether to keep the powers in place following months of legal battles brought on by Republican-led states after President Joe Biden's administration moved to end the Trump-era policy, which was set to lapse this week until the court agreed to take it up.The... Read More

U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., both voted on Thursday, Dec. 22, in support of the Fiscal Year 2023 omnibus appropriations package.As members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Manchin and Capito joined colleagues in voting to prevent a looming government shutdown and fully fund the government for FY 2023. According to a press release from Capito’s office, the omnibus appropriations package passed the Senate by a vote of 68-29, advancing it to the U.S.... Read More

U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito said Thursday that a livestock management project at West Virginia University is set to receive up to $4.8 million in federal funding.In a news release, the senators said the funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide financial and technical help for Appalachian farmers and agricultural producers to support the adoption of climate-smart practices and improve marketing for grass-fed beef products.The university is partnering with... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has come to the decision to delay the implementation of a tax reporting requirement found in the American Rescue Plan by one year.Normally, only taxpayers who exceed 200 transactions totaling $20,000 in a tax year would be issued a 1099-K tax form by the IRS, but in the American Rescue Plan, “any electronic payments and transactions from online platforms, apps, or payment card processors equal to $600 will qualify for the 1099-K... Read More

Women’s teams representing the U.S. will finally see equal pay with the mens teams.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va, championed the bill to make that happen, introducing the bipartisan Equal Pay for Team USA Act in 2019 along with Maria Cantwell, D-Wash, and re-introduced earlier this year.The legislation was submitted after the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team sued for equal pay.Although the women’s team has had far greater success in World Cup and other tournaments, they still make far less... Read More

U.S. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have introduced legislation that would protect Americans from a new tax liability by delaying the implementation of the 1099-K tax change that was included in the American Rescue Plan Prior to the American Rescue Plan, 1099-K forms were issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to taxpayers who exceeded 200 transactions totaling $20,000 in a tax year, Sen. Capito’s office said. Next year, under the American Rescue Plan,... Read More

The Equal Pay for Team USA Act, introduced by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), passed in the House of Representatives in a 350-59 vote, according to a press release from the Senator’s office. The bipartisan bill passed unanimously in the Senate earlier this month, now needing only President Biden’s signature to become law. The act is meant to ensure equal pay and benefits for all athletes that represent the United States in the Olympics or in global athletic competitions, regardless of their... Read More

The Southern Appalachian Labor School will be receiving $107,980 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to rehabilitate 10 homes for low and very low-income individuals in Fayette, Nicholas, Kanawha and Raleigh counties.The grant is part of nearly $2.2 million being sent to 18 different projects throughout the state as jointly announced in a press release from Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.The funding, through the ag department’s rural development program, will... Read More