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Average VA IRRRL loan amount in West Virginia declines from Q4 FY2023 to Q1 FY2024

By Mountain State Times | Jun 30, 2024

The average VA interest rate reduction refinance loan (IRRRL) amount in West Virginia during the first quarter of fiscal year 2024 was $312,351, according to figures provided by the Veterans Affairs Home Loans Index.

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In West Virginia, 84 people have died after receiving COVID-19 “vaccine”

By Mountain State Times | Jun 30, 2024

West Virginia registered 84 deaths after admission of a “COVID-19” MRNA injection, according to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).

Which type of West Virginia companies were inspected the most by FDA in Q1?

By Mountain State Times | Jun 29, 2024

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection at one Drugs company from West Virginia in the first quarter of 2024.

America First Legal: ‘There is no reason for a foreign national to be on’ West Virginia voter rolls

By Mountain State Times | Jun 28, 2024

America First Legal (AFL) has sent a letter to each senior election official of all 50 states, including to West Virginia Secretary of State Mac Warner, to advise on two federal laws that allow states to request and obtain accurate information on an individual’s citizenship status and their ability to vote.

Capito celebrates federal funding milestone for capital connector project

By Mountain State Times | Jun 28, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, joined Charleston Mayor Amy Shuler Goodwin and other state and local leaders to provide an update on the $24,995,250 recently announced funding needed to begin construction of the Capital Connector Project in Charleston, W.Va. The funding, which Senator Capito secured, was through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant...

Senator Capito joins GOP effort against Biden's new overtime rule

By Mountain State Times | Jun 27, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) recently joined a group of Senate Republican colleagues, led by U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.), in introducing a Congressional Review Act (CRA) Resolution of Disapproval to block President Biden’s new Overtime Rule published by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The rule increases the minimum salary threshold for overtime pay from $35,568 to $58,656 in January 2025 and will adjust every three years thereafter.

West Virginia urges parents to keep up with well child visits

By Mountain State Times | Jun 27, 2024

The West Virginia Department of Health (DH) is encouraging parents and families to keep their children up to date on their Well Child Visits.

Senator Capito announces funding for rural career pathways initiative

By Mountain State Times | Jun 26, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), announced an award from the U.S. Department of Education for Education Alliance in Charleston, W.Va.

Capito joins bicameral amicus brief against SEC's climate disclosure rule

By Mountain State Times | Jun 26, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, recently joined 34 Members of Congress in filing a bicameral amicus brief in Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, et al v. SEC requesting the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit vacate the agency’s climate disclosure rule. U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) led the effort in the Senate, while Congressman Kevin Hern (R-Okla.-01) led the effort in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Senators urge Biden administration's executive order rescission on immigration

By Mountain State Times | Jun 25, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee, recently joined 14 of her Senate Republican colleagues in a letter to President Joe Biden to express concerns regarding his Executive Order that would offer amnesty to illegal aliens unlawfully present in the United States. This letter was led by U.S. Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.).

Breaking Down West Virginia's Pension Contributions: $1.1 million collected in 2022

By Mountain State Times | Jun 24, 2024

In 2022, West Virginia had received $1.1 million in contributions to its public pension funds, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau's Annual Survey of Public Pensions.

Senator Capito announces funding for WVU's Personal Rapid Transport system

By Mountain State Times | Jun 24, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD), announced an award from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for West Virginia University (WVU).

Senators demand DHS response after release of suspected terrorists into US

By Mountain State Times | Jun 21, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) has joined her Republican Senate colleagues in demanding answers from U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after eight individuals with suspected ties to ISIS were apprehended at the southern border and subsequently released into the United States.

Senator Capito issues statement on eighth anniversary of 2016 West Virginia floods

By Mountain State Times | Jun 21, 2024

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) issued a statement today in remembrance of the severe flooding and 23 lives lost in West Virginia on June 23, 2016.

Capito announces $36 million for WV transportation projects

By Mountain State Times | Jun 21, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced three grants totaling $36,745,450 through the Department of Transportation’s RAISE grant program for three transportation projects across West Virginia.

Analysis: West Virginia among 26 states not part of 'hyper-partisan' voter data group

By Mountain State Times | Jun 20, 2024

West Virginia is among 26 states that have resigned from or are not members of a national voter data group accused of partisanship in its work to expand voter rolls and lacking in transparency, an analysis by the Mountain State Times found.

Capito questions military leaders on WVNG's Ridge Runner exercise

By Mountain State Times | Jun 20, 2024

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, questioned Reserve Component leaders during a hearing to review the president’s Fiscal Year 2025 funding request for the National Guard and Reserve Component of each military branch.