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FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file photo, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, R-N.Y., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. Every Republican in Congress voted against the $1.9 trillion "American Rescue Plan," which President Joe Biden signed into law three months ago. But ever since, Republicans from New York and Indiana to Texas and Washington state have promoted elements of legislation that would not  exist if they had their way. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool, File)
Republicans promote pandemic relief they voted against

By Steve Peoples May. 06, 2021 12:05 AM EDT

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., walks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, before the start of the third day of the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Republican WVa Gov. Justice: 'Go big or go home' on stimulus

By Cuneyt Dil Feb. 26, 2021 05:35 PM EST

Editorial Roundup: West Virginia

By The Associated Press Jan. 27, 2021 12:14 PM EST
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Jan. 24 The Exponent Telegram on national...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on the day after violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Congress, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
House speeding to impeach Trump for Capitol 'insurrection'

By Lisa Mascaro, Bill Barrow And Mary Clare Jalonick Jan. 11, 2021 01:55 PM EST

Amy Burnside gives her daughter, Lily Stewart, a civics lesson on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in Fayetteville, W.Va.. The pair were leaving the Fayette County Memorial Building after Burnside cast her vote. (F. Brian Ferguson/The Register-Herald via AP)
West Virginia voters reelect Gov. Justice, Sen. Capito

By John Raby Nov. 03, 2020 01:06 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, a Democrat, is using her stances on progressive issues, her popularity from a role in a Netflix movie and the hard realities of a life spent in the southern West Virginia coalfields to try to snap Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's two-decade streak in political office. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
Tuesday's election is packed with choices for WVa voters

By John Raby Nov. 02, 2020 12:31 PM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, a Democrat, is using her stances on progressive issues, her popularity from a role in a Netflix movie and the hard realities of a life spent in the southern West Virginia coalfields to try to snap Republican U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's two-decade streak in political office. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)
West Virginia voters have heavy slate of choices Tuesday

By John Raby Oct. 31, 2020 09:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2019 file photo, Paula Jean Swearengin poses for a portrait to promote the film "Knock Down the House" at the Salesforce Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Swearengin, who is the daughter and granddaughter of coal miners, is running in the U.S. Senate primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP)
West Virginia voters have heavy slate of choices on Nov. 3

By John Raby Oct. 20, 2020 02:04 PM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives at United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 951, Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, in Grand Rapids, Mich.. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden: Trump diagnosis is 'bracing reminder' of virus stakes

By Alexandra Jaffe, Laurie Kellman And Will Weissert Oct. 02, 2020 09:53 PM EDT

In this photo made available by the West Virginia's governor's office, Vice President Mike Pence, left, meets with Gov. Jim Justice at Justice's resort, The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., to discuss the coronavirus and a fundraiser for the Trump-Pence campaign. (Office of the Governor via AP)
Pence visits West Virginia governor's Greenbrier resort

Aug. 15, 2020 03:39 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 15, 2018 file photo, Richard Ojeda talks at a gym in Logan, W.Va. Ojeda, a former state senator, is running in the U.S. Senate primary in West Virginia on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)
Justice, Salango to face off in fall WVa governor's election

By John Raby Jun. 09, 2020 01:22 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 5, 2020 file photo, Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., testifies on the Trump administration's proposed poverty line calculation changes before a subcommittee of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington. Miller will take on Russell Siegel of Lewisburg in West Virginia’s 3rd District Republican primary on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Senate primary in West Virginia pits Dems Ojeda, Swearengin

By John Raby And Anthony Izaguirre Jun. 05, 2020 12:21 PM EDT