Unions, Lobbyists, and Lawyers Spend Most in W.Va. Elections
During West Virginia’s 2008 election cycle, the union and lawyer/lobbyist industries flexed their money muscles, pumping a combined $1,321,672 into state-level campaigns. This data comes from a combined project of the National Institute on Money in State Politics and the Center for Re

Morning Headlines: Dec. 1, 2009
Justice Workman Disagrees – West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio The lone, dissenting voice on West Virginia Supreme Court in the Massey- Harman mining case has blasted the other Justices decision in the third hearing of the Massey Energy-Harman Mining case. In a scathing dissenting opinion, Justice Margaret Workman states t

Press Release: Governor Announces Grants to Concord University and West Liberty University
Gov. Joe Manchin today announced the first two awards supported by interest earned on the state’s Research Trust Fund, also known as the “Bucks for Brains” program, which aims to bolster activity in science, technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) at colleges and universities across West Virginia. “The Bucks for Brains initiative was

Your Take: Tom Stark
Tom Stark, a Republican candidate running for Democrat Alan Mollohan’s seat, asked if we’d be willing to publish an article he wrote concerning health care. West Virginia Watchdog is willing to publish any letter from a candidate or incumbent, so if you’d like to write in, please email me at steve@westvirginiawatchdog.org. Below is Tom’s post: In the November 22, 2009, issue of the Parkersburg News &

Morning Headlines: Nov. 30, 2009
The Register-Herald, Beckley, West Virginia – Coal industry official responds to actor West Virginia is located in the heart of the Appalachian region — a region that has become ground zero for the war between coal opponents and coal supporters. Bill Raney, president of the West Virginia Coal Association, is accustomed to fielding questions from a variety of media representa