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REPUBLICANS PURSUE REPEAL OF BIDEN WOTUS DEFINITION: Congressional Republicans are trying to repeal the Biden administration’s recently finalized definition of "waters of the United States" with dual Congressional Review Act resolutions that were announced this morning.The joint resolutions of disapproval take aim at the WOTUS rule that EPA and the Army Corps finalized in late December, which effectively brings back WOTUS as it was before 2015 with some changes.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, EPW... Read More

Congressional Republicans are trying to repeal the Biden administration's recently finalized definition of "waters of the United States" on the grounds that it creates regulatory uncertainty and is bad for business and property owners.House and Senate Republicans introduced Congressional Review Act resolutions Thursday that seek to cancel WOTUS, which governs how the broadly the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers can regulate bodies of water under the Clean Water Act.EPA... Read More

Senate Republicans are attempting to repeal the Biden administration’s water regulations, though their effort faces an uphill battle. Republicans, led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), introduced a resolution on Thursday that would ax the rule. The Biden administration recently put forward regulations on the country’s waters that are likely to be a middle ground between regulations under the Trump and Obama administrations. The regulations define which waters get federal protections.... Read More

New Martinsville is among the municipalities and organizations that, on Wednesday, received money from the Senate Appropriations committee for transportation initiatives.Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., announced the funding, totalling more than $4.1 million, Wednesday. New Martinsville will receive $250,000 of those funds.New Martinsville will use the money to develop a comprehensive safety action plan to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries in the city.... Read More

The Biden administration is throwing down the regulatory gauntlet against "forever chemicals," a family of chemically resilient substances used in the manufacture of many consumer goods that are extremely useful yet toxic and all over the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency has advanced nearly two dozen actions over the past two years ranging from tighter drinking water monitoring requirements to new restrictions on manufacturing to control the proliferation of PFAS,... Read More

(LOOTPRESS) – Today, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) led 50 Senators in introducing their challenge to the Biden Administration’s ESG rule which prioritizes politics over getting the best returns for millions of Americans’ retirement investments. This disapproval resolution will receive a vote on the Senate and House floor.“At a time when our country is already facing economic uncertainty, record inflation and increasing energy costs, it is irresponsible of the... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBOY) — U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced on Wednesday that half of the United States’ current senators are joining them in challenging a new policy that they said would politicize Americans’ retirement savings.President Joe Biden added a rule in late 2022 that allows Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) retirement plan fiduciaries to take environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) factors into account when making... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.V.), who is expected to retain her ranking member spot on the Environment and Public Works Committee, is bullish about the prospects of passing a bill to ease permitting rules now that the House is in GOP hands.Her position on the contentious subject has taken on new weight because Capito became a member of the leadership team of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this year. McConnell had led most Republicans in opposing a failed effort at the end of last year... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is going full steam ahead on pursuing federal perming reform, which would help speed up the process of completing the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).Capito said last week during a virtual press briefing two different committees are being urged to work on a compromise bill that would shorten the time it takes for permitting, especially in the energy sector.The MVP, a 300-mile, 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline from north-central West Virginia running to... Read More

PRICHARD, W.Va. — The Marshall University Research Corporation (MURC) will receive a U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant to help Wayne County with the Heartland Intermodal Gateway facility.U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., announced the $376,325 EDA grant last week.The Heartland Intermodal Gateway — the truck and rail transfer facility in Prichard that never lived up to its promise — was deeded to the Wayne County Commission in August of last... Read More

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is going full steam ahead on pursuing federal perming reform, which would help speed up the process of completing the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP).Capito said last week during a virtual press briefing two different committees are being urged to work on a compromise bill that would shorten the time it takes for permitting, especially in the energy sector.The MVP, a 300-mile, 42-inch diameter natural gas pipeline from north central West Virginia running to... Read More

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced last week that Preston County Public Service District 4 will receive a $2.3 million grant.The money is part of $4,887,325 in grants from the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to communities in West Virginia.Preston County Economic Development Authority Executive Director... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) – The Northern West Virginia Dance Council, Inc. will certainly be dancing a little happier in the coming days as the group received $10,000 of funding through the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA).The group was one of four to receive funding through the endowment.U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) made the announcement alongside members of the Senate Appropriations Committee.“West Virginia has a rich cultural history, and it’s important... Read More

U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Jerry Moran (R-KS), and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) announced Wednesday they had introduced legislation to prevent future Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outages.The NOTAM Improvement Act would require the FAA to create a task force to look into the resiliency and cybersecurity of the Notice to Air Mission (NOTAM) system that alerts airplane pilots and crews of any hazards along their flight routes. Companion legislation was introduced earlier this... Read More

U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) last week signed on as original cosponsors of a bipartisan bill to improve the nation’s aviation safety notification system by preventing Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) outages.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operates the NOTAM system, which alerts pilots of safety and location hazards on flight routes. The NOTAM on Jan. 11 failed, subsequently grounding flights nationwide.That NOTAM failure, said Sen. Capito, now requires... Read More

CHARLESTON — A student from Huntington is one of two selected to represent West Virginia in the 2023 United States Senate Youth Program.High school students Alissa Morgan Davis of Huntington and Henry Oscar Phillips of Buckhannon, West Virginia, were selected from among the state’s top student leaders to be part of the 104 national student delegation.U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Republican co-chair of the 2023 United States Senate Youth Program, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) made the... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Recent investments in I-79 from Harrison County to the Pennsylvania state line have totaled more than $180 million.State highway officials say the projects have added lanes to handle increased commerce and traffic and rehabilitated bridges that are more than 50-years-old.The section of interstate in Marion County from the South Fairmont to the Pleasant Valley exits is being widened to three lanes in each direction at a cost of $72.5 million by Pennsylvania-based Swank... Read More

WHEELING – Law enforcement brought Tom Burgoyne to Wheeling and Ohio County. He chose to stay and make a long, accomplished life here.Burgoyne, a former Ohio County Sheriff, retired FBI agent and Wheeling community leader passed away Thursday. He was 82.Burgoyne was a native of Lancaster, Massachusetts, whose FBI career brought him to Wheeling. He would meet his late wife Kathy in Wheeling and put down roots.He was known as a larger-than-life figure who always wore a smile and had a kind word.... Read More

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Through the Congressionally Directed Spending from the offices of Senators Joseph Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito the Historic Morgantown Post Office Building, Inc. (HPO), will receive $1,000,000. The total cost of renovation of the 110-year-old building is estimated at $10 million.Last summer, some emergency repairs were made by Sutter Roofing & Metal Co., Arch Masonry & Restoration, and the HE Neuman Company to prevent further weather-related damage.“We have saved the... Read More

Securing the southern border is a necessary step in solving the crisis of record numbers of migrants coming into the country, Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said Thursday.Capito said during a virtual press briefing another record was set in December as more than 250,000 migrants were apprehended.The numbers are “skyrocketing,” she said, and there is still no plan in place to be used as a deterrent, and migrants are “signaled” that they can come here and get into the country easily through... Read More