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The day before Thanksgiving, the Biden administration announced a new emissions rule that will effectively force states to set greenhouse gas reduction targets in order to receive federal highway funding. The Biden administration’s Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration published a press release declaring that the finalized performance measure will provide a national framework for tracking and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The department noted that the new rule grants... Read More

The Biden administration unveiled a massive set of highway emissions regulations on Wednesday as Americans were settling in for the holiday weekend. The finalized rule, announced by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), effectively requires state and local transportation agencies to establish greenhouse gas reduction targets for federally-funded roadway projects. Critics of the rule assert that it is an attempt to use federal highway funding as a cudgel to impose climate policies on state... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, along with other bipartisan lawmakers, has proposed a bill focused on improving transparency and accountability in high-risk Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications. This bill, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023, aims to differentiate between human and AI-generated content. Its goal is to ensure citizens know when they are interacting with AI instead of a human. Capito, together with Senators... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is the latest lawmaker to tackle the issue of Artificial Intelligence. Capito has joined a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers in introducing a bill that seeks to increase transparency and accountability of high-risk AI applications. Called the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research, Innovation, and Accountability Act of 2023, the measure has several goals, including providing a clearer distinction between human and AI-generated content and a requirement... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is once again calling on President Joe Biden to enforce congressionally-mandated sanctions on Iran. Capito has joined 17 other Republicans in the U.S. Senate in calling on Biden to immediately enforce oil sanctions on Iran as mandated by Congress. The lawmakers also are demanding that Biden permanently freeze the $6 billion funding mechanism established in September’s hostage agreement with Iran. Capito said Iran will not use that $6 billion to help... Read More

Area lawmakers are protesting a decision by the Biden administration to once again delay the IRS reporting threshold requirement for online purchases. Prior to the passage of the American Rescue Plan, 1099-K forms were issued by the IRS to taxpayers who exceeded 200 transactions totaling $20,000 in a tax year. However, the American Rescue Plan drastically changed the reporting requirements, and now any electronic payments and transactions from online platforms, apps, or payment card processors... Read More

WASHINGTON (WV News) — The members of West Virginia’s congressional delegation have weighed in on a recent decision by the IRS to delay implementation of a new reporting threshold requirement for third-party payment organizations. The IRS recently announced the new $600 Form 1099-K reporting threshold requirement for third-party payment organizations for tax year 2023 would not be put in place, and is instead planning a threshold of $5,000 for 2024 to phase in the new law. The move to delay the... Read More

HUNTINGTON — Motorists are encouraged to drive safely while traveling for the Thanksgiving holiday. As people travel to visit family and friends throughout the week, more people on the roads and people driving after drinking cause increased risks. Safety organizations throughout the state and the Tri-State region are encouraging people to practice safe driving policies, such as wearing a seat belt, driving the speed limit and refraining from driving after drinking or consuming other items that... Read More

Motorists are being urged to keep safety in mind this Thanksgiving as holiday travel puts millions of vehicles on the nation’s highways starting today and continuing until Sunday. The West Virginia Parkways Authority is expecting the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and the Sunday after the holiday to be the busiest two travel days on the West Virginia Turnpike during the Thanksgiving holiday period from today to Sunday, Nov. 26. An estimated 715,000 total transactions are expected to take place at... Read More

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Shady Spring Public Service District in Raleigh County, W.Va. to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant in Glen Morgan, W.Va. This award was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made by Senator... Read More

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va (WDTV) - It’s been 55 years since dark clouds of smoke filled the skies of Marion County after one of the deadliest mine disasters in our country’s history. An explosion killed 78 people at the Farmington No. 9 Mine on this date in 1968. At the time, 99 miners were inside, and the explosion could be heard from miles away. The cause of the explosion was never determined. There is now a Farmington No. 9 Mine Memorial located in Mannington that honors the 78 miners who died in the... Read More

The Association of Equipment (AEM) and its national grassroots campaign “I Make America” teamed up with Conn-Weld Industries to host Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) at the company’s manufacturing facility in Princeton, West Virginia, on Friday. “I Make America” hosts lawmakers at AEM member company facilities across the United States to highlight the challenges and opportunities facing the equipment manufacturing industry. Sen. Capito toured the company’s manufacturing facility and met with... Read More

PRINCETON — A Mercer County manufacturer was the scene Friday when one of West Virginia’s congressional representatives toured its many facilities as part of an effort to promote American manufacturing and keep it competitive in the global marketplace. U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., met with leaders of Conn-Weld Industries and representatives of the Association of Equipment (AEM) and its national grassroots campaign, I Make America. This campaign hosts lawmakers at AEM member... Read More

RALEIGH COUNTY, WV (LOOTPRESS) – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to the Shady Spring Public Service District in Raleigh County, W.Va. to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant in Glen Morgan, W.Va. This award was secured through a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request made by... Read More

PRINCETON, WV (WVNS) – Hot iron was not the only thing struck during Senator Shelley Moore Capito’s visit to the Conn-Welds manufacturing facility. Senator Capito (R-WV) received a guided tour across the facility where Conn-Weld’s workers fabricate machine parts from raw materials. Capito met with a variety of workers from welders to wire line operators. Capito said she is pleased with what she has seen. “A lot of high talent, welding and machinery is going on. I’m really, really proud of the... Read More

PRINCETON, W.Va. (WVVA) - West Virginia Senator Shelley Moore Capito toured the Conn-Weld facility in Princeton on Friday. Capito toured the facility along with leaders from the Association of Equipment Manufacturers. Conn-Weld manufactures vibrating screens which are often used during coal mining operations. Capito got the chance to watch demonstrations from a few of the more than 250 workers at the facility. In April, Capito introduced the American Investment in Manufacturing Act which she... Read More

A government shutdown has been averted again — for now — after a vote by the U.S. Senate. West Virginia Senators Shelley Moore Capito, a Republican, and Joe Manchin, a Democrat, voted in favor of the continuing resolution. “As I have said many times, it is our responsibility to fund the government and keep it open. That is a priority,” Capito said. The bill extends funding at current spending levels for about 20 percent of the federal government until Jan. 19, and the remaining 80 percent until... Read More

U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) joined a bipartisan contingent of 32 lawmakers in urging the United Nations (UN) to designate and sanction Iran-backed Hamas as a terrorist organization. “There are multiple consequences of the UN not recognizing Hamas as a terrorist organization,” the lawmakers wrote in a Nov. 9 letter sent to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United States Ambassador to the UN.  First, the lack of a unified voice among the international community risks... Read More

CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s senior U.S. Senator-in-waiting and Republican Senate leaders announced their support Tuesday for a short-term solution passed Tuesday by the U.S. House of Representatives to keep the government funded into the beginning of the new year. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and other members of the Senate Republican leadership held a live-streamed press conference Tuesday afternoon from the U.S. Capitol. Capito, the vice chairwoman of the Senate Republican Conference,... Read More

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is backing a bipartisan bill that seeks to help prevent diabetes and lower health care costs. Capito has joined with U.S. Senator Gary Peters, D-Mich., in reintroducing the Preventing Diabetes in Medicare Act. If approved the measure would extend Medicare coverage for medical nutrition therapy services to Americans with pre-diabetes and risk factors for developing type-2 diabetes. Under current law, Medicare will only cover medical nutrition therapy... Read More