CHARLESTON, WV — On Friday, Del. Mike Caputo (D-50, Marion) kicked the House of Delegates door open in a violent rage, injuring the doorkeeper and sending him to the hospital. During the prayer and pledge of allegiance, doorway activity is supposed to
WASHINGTON — Just days after Sen. Joe Manchin voted to remove President Donald J. Trump from office in the U.S. Senate Impeachment Trial, the senator now says he could endorse the President in his re-election campaign. “I don’t rule anything out. I
CHARLESTON — On Tuesday, the West Virginia State Senate passed SB 131, titled the Tim Tebow Act. The purpose of this bill is to allow home-schooled students the ability to play on public school sports teams. The bill was named after professional
WASHINGTON — On Saturday, Sen. Joe Manchin responded to President Donald Trump, after the President called Manchin a “Puppet for Schumer and Pelosi.” “I was very surprised and disappointed that Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted against me on the Democrat’s
WASHINGTON — On Friday, President Donald Trump responded to Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) for voting to ‘convict’ in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial. “I was very surprised & disappointed that Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia voted against me on the Democrat’s
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) voted to convict President Donald Trump in the U.S. Senate impeachment trial. If convicted, President Trump would have been removed from office. In a statement, Manchin justified his impeachment vote, expressing that the President
WASHINGTON — On Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) called for a censure resolution of President Donald Trump, which “would allow a bipartisan statement condemning his unacceptable behavior in the strongest terms.” Manchin expressed that an impeachment conviction was unlikely in the U.S.
CHARLESTON — On Friday, Robert Karnes filed to run for a second term in the state senate, serving West Virginia’s 11th senatorial district. In an exclusive interview with Mountaineer Journal, Karnes expressed that since the GOP was able to take control of
CHARLESTON — In an exclusive interview with Mountaineer Journal, Sen. John Pitsenbarger (R-11) responded to Fmr. Sen. Robert Karnes (R-11) “weighing the options” of a 2020 state senate run. Sen. Pitsenbarger expressed that “challenges are greatly accepted.” “I actually know Mr. Karnes;
ELKINS — On Monday, former State Senator Robert Karnes (R) expressed that he is currently “weighing the options” for a state senatorial run in 2020. After hearing several rumors from multiple political insiders, Sen. Karnes was asked by Mountaineer Journal if he
CHARLESTON — Legislators in West Virginia have joined the American Prayer Caucus Network, a bipartisan network with over 1,000 legislators in nearly 40 states and the U.S. Congress. Led by Chairman Senator Mark Maynard (R), the West Virginia Legislative Prayer Caucus has
