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State still mulling legal ramifications of Roe v. Wade decision
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 29—A special session of the Legislature to address the impact of the end of Roe v. Wade has not yet been announced as West Virginia leaders and attorneys examine legal ramifications, including ...
Federal lawmakers react to Row v. Wade decision down party lines
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJun. 25—The reactions of federal legislators in West Virginia and Virginia to the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade followed party lines. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va. said in ...
Justice almost ready to set date for special session on abortion
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 6—Gov. Jim Justice may have more information later this week on when he will call for a legislative special session on West Virginia's abortion rights laws. "I hope we will be able to cover ...
Capito praises Supreme Court decision on EPA 'overregulation'
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoMay 26—A U.S. Supreme Court decision on Thursday related to limiting federal overregulation is drawing praise from Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. The ruling in the case of Sackett v. Environmental ...
States' water and land rights EPA case in U.S. Supreme Court
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 4—Arguments related to an effort to protect state rights on water and land regulations were heard by the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, who ...
Capito: State abortion laws may not be 'one and done'
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 16—With abortion rights now in the hands of state legislators, whatever laws are passed may last only as long as the politics stay the same. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said during a virtual ...
Morrisey files motions to stay injunctions granted on abortion law, Hope Scholarship program
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 20—CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday filed two separate motions for stays, pending appeals, on injunctions granted in Kanawha County Circuit Court ...
Justice calls in National Guard to help with staffing shortages in state jails
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 12—Gov. Jim Justice has declared a State of Emergency and called in the National Guard to help out with staffing shortages at state correctional facilities. Justice said during his pandemic ...
Clarifying the law: Gov. Justice adds abortion issue to special session
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 26—Gov. Jim Justice added the state abortion law issue to his scheduled special session of legislators that started Monday, but no action was reported on the first day of the session. Justice ...
Justice signs bill to ban almost all abortions
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 17—Gov. Jim Justice has signed the state Legislature's abortion bill into law. Justice announced the signing during his pandemic briefing Friday. "I stand strongly for life," he said. " ...
