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Lunchtime rundown: Another big budget cut on the way, campaign contribution...
One of the big theme of this year’s budget-making process was how state agencies would deal with the 7.5 percent budget cuts requested by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin last August. Well, it now appears the...
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Party chairmen respond to West Virginia Poll results
Today’s Daily Mail features the results from the August edition of the West Virginia Poll, which shows Sen. Joe Manchin‘s approval rating has fallen dramatically in recent months, and rumored U.S....
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: West Virginia Poll show Manchin approval rating drop,...
The most recent edition of the West Virginia Poll finds U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin‘s popularity in the Mountain State has declined precipitously, just since the beginning of the year. Manchin’s approval...
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Lunchtime rundown: Top Dems speak at UMWA rally, dozens protest Syria...
The Capitol Notebook took a brief Labor Day break, but we’re back this morning with your daily lunchtime rundown. Eugene Estep snaps a picture of his wife, Louise Estep, with Sen. Joe Manchin at the...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: Tennant’s office clears Team Mingo, state Senate gets an...
An attorney for Secretary of State Natalie Tennant‘s office found the Team Mingo 2012 political action committee accepted inappropriate contributions but did not violate state law. The finding points...
View ArticleLunchtime rundown: the agriculture edition
Sorry for the recent drop-off in lunchtime rundown posts everyone (here’s hoping you missed them!), but last week was a little hectic in the newsroom. Look for many more posts this week, as the...
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Poll: Capito has a wide lead over Tennant in Senate race
Secretary of State Natalie Tennant Rep. Shelley Moore Capito is heavily favored by West Virginia voters in the race for Jay Rockefeller’s seat in the U.S. Senate, according to a recent study by a...
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Lunchtime rundown: first “router-gate,” now “tower-gate”
A different sort of microwave tower. A new report from the state Legislative Auditor’s Office found West Virginia officials did not abide by state purchasing laws when hiring out work on $38 million...
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Lunchtime rundown: Biden gives no endorsement for Tennant
Vice President Joe Biden delivers the keynote at the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Tyler Evert) Nearly every speaker at last week’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner endorsed...
View ArticleTennant, Gainer, Rahall get early endorsements from AFT
The American Federation of Teachers’ West Virginia chapter released early endorsements for the 2014 election season. The union, which has around 16,000 members in the state, is backing Secretary of...
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