Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Aug. 24 released a list of ten financial companies and almost 350 funds said to be boycotting energy firms involved in fossil fuels, marking another advance in the war between individual U.S. states and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement. The state comptroller must publish such a list…
Texas Targets 10 Financial Companies, 340+ Funds Over ESG-Driven Fossil Fuel Divestment
August 25, 2022
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More Storms Forecast for Flooded Areas of West Virginia
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—More thunderstorms were forecast this week for much of West Virginia, including areas that flooded Monday after up to 5 inches of rain fell in some areas, the National Weather Service said. Storms were expected to develop Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the weather service, but a flood watch was no longer in effect….
Man Who Threatened Fauci, Other Officials, Sentenced to Jail Time
A West Virginia man who admitted to threatening top U.S. health officials was sentenced on Aug. 4 to over three years in prison. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, handed down the sentence to Thomas Patrick Connally Jr. in federal court in Maryland. Connally pleaded guilty to sending emails to Dr. Anthony Fauci,…
Brick by Brick, Courts Build a Roadblock Against Biden’s Administrative State
July 20, 2022
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News Analysis As the Biden administration reels from a string of recent legal defeats, political analysts hail the U.S. Supreme Court’s latest ruling, West Virginia v. EPA, as but one component of a new, broad-based approach that the courts are taking to halt a century-long effort by progressives to empower the administrative state and rule…
Judge Blocks Pre-Roe Abortion Ban in West Virginia
July 19, 2022
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A West Virginia judge on July 18 temporarily blocked the state’s pre-Roe abortion ban from taking effect. The preliminary injunction issued by Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tera Salango came in a lawsuit filed in June on behalf of Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, the state’s only abortion clinic. The clinic had suspended abortions and…
Financial Giants Reject West Virginia’s Claims That They’re Boycotting Fossil Fuels
July 19, 2022
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Six financial institutions that West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore contacted over their alleged boycotting of the fossil fuel industry have replied, denying the accusations while laying the groundwork for what could be a protracted legal battle. The Epoch Times obtained the letters through a West Virginia Freedom of Information Act request. Moore sent letters to…
US Judge Rules in Favor of 3 Drug Distributors in West Virginia Opioid Lawsuit
CHARLESTON, W.Va.—A federal judge on Monday ruled in favor of three major U.S. drug distributors in a landmark lawsuit that accused them of causing a health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years in one West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction. The verdict came nearly a year after closing arguments in a…
Supreme Court Narrows EPA’s Ability to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions
June 30, 2022
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The Supreme Court ruled 6–3 this morning that the Clean Air Act does not give the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) widespread power to regulate carbon dioxide emissions that a popular theory says contribute to global warming. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court’s majority opinion (pdf) in West Virginia v. EPA, court file 20-1530. Roberts was…
Historic Catholic Church in West Virginia Burned to the Ground in Suspected Arson
June 28, 2022
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A Catholic Church in Raleigh County, West Virginia, burned to the ground over the weekend and authorities are now investigating the incident as arson. The Beaver Volunteer Fire Department said in a news release that units were notified on June 26 about a structural fire at the Saint Colman Catholic Church on Irish Mountain Road…
NTSB: West Virginia Helicopter Crashed on Last Flight of Day
LOGAN, W.Va.—A helicopter that crashed during an annual reunion for helicopter enthusiasts was on its last planned flight of the day, a federal agency investigating the accident said Friday. The National Transportation Safety Board said all six people aboard—the pilot and five passengers, two of whom were pilot-rated—were killed Wednesday. They have not been identified….
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