In a perfect world, free speech would be reserved for the federal government and elitists who are exempt from regulatory mandates, according to West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller. Apparently, he feels that political discourse in America has run amok because of the opinionated programming that appears on Fox News and MSNBC. (more)
Meet Melissa Lee Williams. The West Virginia woman, 41, is facing assault and weapons charges after allegedly waving a knife at two men who declined her demands to engage in sexual conduct at a West Virginia motor inn. (more)
Democrats are pulling out all stops to help Democratic Governor Joe Manchin beat Republican John Raese in the special election. But if the West Virginia Democrat does successfully win the election, Democrats may not be too pleased to have him as the deciding vote. (more)
This is the sixth and final in a series of articles looking at the races most likely to determine whether Republicans capture or Democrats hold the majority in the U.S. Senate after Election Day. (more)
In one of the tightest Senate races of the cycle, West Virginia’s Democratic Gov. Joe Manchin is once again ahead, according to the latest poll. (more)
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin’s senatorial campaign released a new ad in which the Democrat is calling his Republican opponent John Raese’s policy ideas “crazy.” (more)
In the final days before the midterm elections, Democratic Senate candidate and West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin doubled down on his opposition to parts of the health care law, legislation he supported when it was being debated in Congress last spring. (more)
Democrats can’t seem to wait for Sarah Palin to be back on a ballot. (more)
Democrats have a mountain to climb in West Virginia. (more)
According to a source in Pennsylvania who tracks television advertising by political campaigns, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee bought only $260,000 in TV ads this week in Pennsylvania–about a 50 percent drop from the $500,000 or more the DSCC has been spending on TV ads each week for the past five weeks in the state. (more)
Republican John Raese has edged ahead of West Virginia’s popular Democratic Governor Joe Manchin for the first time in the state’s special U.S. Senate race. (more)
What are the absolute, no-kidding, gotta-have-’em races for Democrats if they hope to hold onto the Senate? (more)
PPP’s first look at the West Virginia Senate contest finds a very tight race with John Raese up 46-43 on Joe Manchin, a result within the poll’s margin of error. (more)
Senate Democrats who blocked an immigration bill in 2007 say they are undecided on how to vote on the measure this week. (more)
If Republicans win enough seats in November to regain control of the Senate, they’ll have to take traditionally blue states like West Virginia with them. (more)
Schools across America opened their doors last week — good news for parents, maybe not so happy news for students. (more)
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM), one of the nation’s largest trade associations, launched a multi-state campaign Wednesday to oppose increasing energy taxes. (more)
Microsoft Corp. and the chief rules enforcer for Xbox Live are apologizing to a small West Virginia town and a 26-year-old gamer accused of violating the online gaming service’s code of conduct by publicly declaring he’s from Fort Gay – a name the company considered offensive. (more)
Mining industry representatives are attacking research by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) underpinning the movement to ban the practice of “mountaintop mining,” in which heavy explosives are used to access coal seams in the Appalachian region. (more)
In the first Rasmussen Reports post-primary survey of West Virginia’s U.S. Senate race, Democratic Governor Joe Manchin attracts 48% of the vote while Republican businessman John Raese earns 42%. (more)
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