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During a town hall meeting in Cincinnati in July 2021, President Biden promised to “fix that damn bridge.” He was talking about the antiquated Brent Spence Bridge over the Ohio River that connects Ohio with Kentucky via Interstates 71 and 75.Seventeen months later, Congress passed the massive Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. It included $1.6 billion to build a new bridge for the interstates and refurbish the existing one for local traffic.Wednesday, Biden returned to Cincinnati for the... Read More

The announcement, last week, of Form Energy’s intentions to build a new battery manufacturing facility on a portion of the Weirton Frontier Crossings development is seen as the spark needed to energize future growth in the industrial park. According to officials with the Frontier Group of Companies, none of it would have been possible without solid partnerships and willing investments on the local, state and federal levels. “Everything that we knew would be required to get us to this... Read More

The first ever Southern West Virginia-based Outdoor Industry Softlines Textiles Prototyping lab is being developed by $1,500,000 awarded to the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority, which will be joined by the WV Hive and WVU Institute of Technology. This funding was made available through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made by U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.In total, Senator Capito secured $241,135,000 in... Read More

The Biden administration finalized a rule to increase protection for small streams, wetlands and other waterways across the country. The move reverses a Trump-era regulation that federal courts threw out over fear of pollution.The policy adds definitions to what constitutes “waters of the United States” that are protected by the 1970 Clean Water Act, reestablishing regulations set under the Obama administration. The Trump administration rolled back the regulations.Republicans warned that the new... Read More

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