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Capito Wants More Information On Trump Settlement Fund

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PARKERSBURG – U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito said she needs more information about a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people claiming persecution by the government when asked if she had any concerns about it. Capito, R-W.Va., touched on that and other issues related to efforts to fund immigration enforcement efforts and security enhancements at the White House during her weekly phone conference with members of the West Virginia media. The anti-weaponization fund involves the allocation of $1.776 billion as part of a settlement resolving President Donald Trump’s lawsuit ...

'Taking A Seat' On Recycling Efforts

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — JB Green Team donated a bench made completely from recycled materials to the Belmont County Courthouse on Wednesday morning. JB Green Team Belmont County Coordinator Mark McVey said the bench was donated to recognize the Belmont County Board of Commissioners for its ...

Wheeling May Consider Allowing Golf Carts on Streets

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WHEELING – Officials in the city of Wheeling began preliminary discussions this week about the possibility of permitting golf carts to be used on city streets in the future. Members of the Rules Committee of Wheeling City Council met this week to share ideas about the proposal and to ...

State Tax Department Wants Say In Federal Case Over Justice-owned Greenbrier Resort

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CHARLESTON - In the latest twist and turn surrounding the fight over the historic Greenbrier Resort between U.S. Sen. Jim Justice and a Texas-based hotel chain, West Virginia tax officials want a seat at the table with more than $4 million in tax liens on the line. In a filing Wednesday with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, attorneys for the West Virginia Tax Division submitted a formal request to intervene in a federal lawsuit before U.S. District Court Judge Frank W. Volk filed last month by White Sulphur Springs Holdings LLC (WSSH) against Sen. ...