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BLUEFIELD — Both Concord University and Bluefield State University are benefitting from federal dollars through Congressionally Directed Spending.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said this week Concord will receive $1.6 million to support the renovation of existing facilities at Concord’s main campus to provide a permanent home for their new school of professional nursing.Capito, who is on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said the money will help face the challenge of a... Read More

Charleston, WV (WOAY) – U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced the Grant to Rapidly Invest and Deploy Broadband or GRID Broadband Act today. The GRID Broadband Act would provide a new federal cost share to invest in a nationwide middle mile backbone along the nation’s existing electricity grid.The bipartisan proposal aims to help provide affordable high-speed internet options to 120 million American homes and improve the resiliency of... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After months of discussions among U.S. Senate Democrats about getting a legislative package through the chamber, senators on Sunday passed a measure addressing Democratic policy goals, including health care, climate change and energy.   The chamber approved the Inflation Reduction Act in a 51-50 vote split along party lines; Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the tie-breaking vote.   Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. — who surprised Democrats and... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three weeks since the idea of the U.S. Senate approving a sweeping domestic policy plan seemed improbable, the chamber voted along party lines Saturday to move forward with a package addressing health care costs, energy and deficit reduction.   The vote started what Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., described as “the culmination of one of the most productive stretches in recent Senate memory” that included lawmakers approving bipartisan... Read More

The two West Virginia U.S. senators are in different political parties but have a long-standing reputation for not only working together, but of being friends as well.   But Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat, and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican, are now publicly and adamantly at odds over the Inflation Reduction Act.   Manchin played the main role in working out a deal with Democratic leaders and President Joe Biden to revive what remained of the original Build Back Better Bill,... Read More

CHARLESTON — U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin fought to include provisions in the latest renamed version of Build Back Better to help West Virginia’s oil and natural gas industries, but opponents and supporters differ on whether the bill will benefit the state’s coal industry.   Manchin, D-W.Va., announced last week he had come to an agreement with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the latest incarnation of President Joe... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R.-WVa., continues blasting the proposed Inflation Reduction Act, saying Thursday she is “very disappointed” in it and the possible impacts have “not been well thought out.”   Capito said during a press briefing from her Washington office the $739 billion bill will fuel inflation, not reduce it, accelerate green energy and decelerate fossil fuel use, and burden every resident with higher costs as a fallout from the 15 percent minimum... Read More

CHARLESTON — With the midterm elections three months away, U.S. senators want Congress to approve changes to an 1880s election law, citing the January 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol as a reason for modifications.   A bipartisan group of senators unveiled the Electoral Count Reform Act and the Presidential Transition Improvement Act late last month. The legislation includes provisions regarding state electors, the role of the vice president in the certification process and how... Read More

MORGANTOWN – Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito are not unexpectedly on opposite sides of the Inflation Reduction Act. Both aired their views Thursday in separate virtual meetings with members of the West Virginia press.   Capito calls it a “reckless tax and spending bill veiled as an inflation reducer.” Manchin said, “I’m excited because I really think we’ve got a chance to really turn around not only our economy but kill inflation.” Bill... Read More

WASHINGTON, D. C. (WTRF) – We’ve been hearing mixed reaction from Democratic and Republican lawmakers about the Inflation Reduction Act.  Senator Joe Manchin defends the bill, but Senator Shelley Moore Capito isn’t happy with it.    Senator Capito says ‘raising taxes and pumping hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy won’t reduce inflation’. She also believes it will cause the IRS to go after small businesses and individuals and says... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — West Virginia’s two U.S. senators are often on the same page on issues, but this time they could not be further apart. The two senators are now at odds over a bill aiming to fight inflation.   The price of the bill is $740 billion with $300 billion going to deficit reduction. It would include money to encourage the development of clean energy such as solar and wind.   It would also add more money to health care and allow Medicare to negotiate lower... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The Inflation Reduction Act is really a “reckless tax-and-spending” bill, said Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Thursday.   The bill, the result of negotiations between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin, D.W.Va., will not help reduce inflation, despite its title, Capito said.   “We know our 9.1% inflation is troublesome; we see prices going up and wages are less effective — all of things that have really pushed us... Read More

CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. — On Friday, several people gathered to celebrate the construction kickoff of Appalachian Power and Gigabeam’s broadband partnership project that will bring high-speed internet connection to 13,000 homes, businesses, schools and churches in Logan and Mingo counties.The event was held at the Thornhill Ford dealership just past the Boone County line north of Chapmanville. It was attended by U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), who participated in a ceremonial... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday she is “skeptical” of a deal championed by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. to speed up the nation’s permitting processes to help get projects off the ground and finished sooner, including the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).Capito joined several of her GOP colleagues Tuesday for a press conference, led by Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska, challenging Manchin and other Democrats in the Senate to show they are serious about permitting reform... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Tuesday she is “skeptical” of a deal championed by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., to speed up the nation’s permitting processes to help get projects off the ground and finished sooner, including the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).Capito joined several of her GOP colleagues Tuesday for a press conference, led by Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska, challenging Manchin and other Democrats in the Senate to show they are serious about permitting reform... Read More

Local and state officials as well as community members were able to get their first look inside a much-discussed and anticipated new business which the city of Beckley hopes will serves as an anchor for downtown development.Although not officially open for business, Fruits of Labor nonetheless held a breaking of bread ceremony during a dedication of the new business on Monday morning.Tammy Jordan, Fruits of Labor president, said the addition of the Beckley location in the former... Read More

Local and state officials as well as community members were able to get their first look inside a much-discussed and anticipated new business which the city of Beckley hopes will serves as an anchor for downtown development.Although not officially open for business, Fruits of Labor nonetheless held a breaking of bread ceremony during a dedication of the new business on Monday morning.Tammy Jordan, Fruits of Labor president, said the addition of the Beckley location in the former... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Federal lawmakers are closer to sending a measure including various water projects to President Joe Biden’s desk following a recent U.S. Senate vote.   Senators overwhelmingly passed the Water Resources Development Act last Thursday. The legislation authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to lead work related to water resources, environment protection, navigation and construction. Ninety-three senators supported the bill; Indiana Republican... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Construction of a new broadband internet project involving Appalachian Power has begun, in which the effort focuses on expanding services to more than 13,000 homes and businesses in Logan and Mingo counties.The $61.3 million effort will involve the installation of more than 400 miles of fiber optic cable. According to previous comments from the utility company, 60% of unserved residents and 90% of unserved businesses would have access to new services once workers... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said the Inflation Reduction Act now supported by Sen. Joe Manchin is “inexplicable to me” at a time of high inflation.   Capito held a virtual press briefing from her Washington office Thursday and said the last thing that should happen now is to “flood more federal dollars into the system.”   The $739 billion act has money earmarked for debt reduction, energy production (including renewables), the IRS, prescription drug... Read More