WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Tuesday evening, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee and Chairman Tom Carper (D-Del.), along with House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.-6), and Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-Wash.-2) announced a final agreement on the Thomas R. Carper Water Resources Development Act of 2024 (  more

RICHMOND, Virginia, Dec. 5 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond issued the following news release on Dec. 4, 2024: CFO optimism about the economy jumped this quarter, following the recent presidential election. However, chief financial officers expressed post-election concerns about monetary policy, inflation, the political climate, and tariffs. These findings are from The CFO Survey, a collaboration of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development has awarded Craig-Botetourt Electric Cooperative a $10,289,000 loan. The funding will support smart grid technologies, backbone fiber and improve 68 miles of line benefiting Botetourt, Craig, Giles, Montgomery and Roanoke Counties. U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) issued the following statement: "Communities in rural Virginia are eager to get  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued the following news release: BALTIMORE The Thomas B. Finan Center of the Maryland Department of Health, a multipurpose psychiatric facility located in Cumberland, Maryland, will pay $270,000 to settle an equal pay lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. According to the EEOC's lawsuit, for several years up to the present, Finan paid a less tenured and le  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Carol Miller, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-WV) joined Representatives Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Larry Bucshon, MD (R-IN), and Kim Schrier, MD (D-WA) in introducing legislation to provide more support to living organ donors and address the increasingly high costs of donation. The Expanding Support for Living Donors Act would remove financial barriers that prevent many people from donating life-saving organs. "Living don  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release: Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partners Network (RPN) communities and other  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development has issued the following news release: * * * Funding Will Support Family Farms, Small Businesses, Infrastructure and Clean Energy in Underserved Rural and Tribal Communities * * * LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4, 2024 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a new round of investments totaling more than $194 million to support local economic development plans and projects in Rural Partne  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Click here or on the image above to watch Senator Capito's floor speech. Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, delivered remarks on the Senate floor highlighting the dangerous world President Biden leaves behind after four years of weak national security policies. Senator Capito's floor remarks, as prepared for delivery, are inc  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 5 -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued the following news release: LOGAN, W.Va. - Seventh Judicial Circuit (Logan County) Chief Judge Joshua Butcher has appointed Burley E. Ferrell to serve as a Logan County magistrate beginning January 2, 2025. Judge Butcher made the appointment on December 2. Mr. Ferrell will replace Magistrate Dwight Williamson, who resigned effective December 31, the end of his current term. Magistrate Williamson was re-elec  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Dec. 4 -- The West Virginia Department of Transportation issued the following news release: Travel on the West Virginia Turnpike exceeded expectations during Thanksgiving week, the West Virginia Parkways Authority announced. The estimated number of transactions on the Turnpike was 715,000. The actual number of total transactions was 754,405. The heaviest travel days were Wednesday, November 27, 2024, with 160,934 transactions, and Sunday, December 1, 2024, with 257,  more