By Jeff Rhodes | The Olympia Report
Olympia, Wash. — Why is it, Bob Wise wonders, that people who wouldn’t dream of carrying the same cell phone that seemed so high-tech back in 2001 cling tenaciously to a education model that hasn’t changed noticeably in 100 years?
“We’re living in a transitional time,” the former West Virginia [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, the acting governor of West Virginia and the Democratic nominee for governor, raised 218 percent more than his Republican opponent, Republican Bill Maloney, according to campaign finance reports released today.
Tomblin, acting as governor after Joe Manchin won election to the U.S. [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Businessman Bill Maloney, the Republican candidate in the Oct. 4 special election for governor of West Virginia, was in Charleston, W.Va, to open one of several regional campaign headquarters Wednesday afternoon.
In the video below, Maloney talks about the campaign, his platform, his strategy, and his thoughts on last month’s drop in the [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Copying a similar movement from a earlier gubernatorial campaign, Republican businessman Bill Maloney, a candidate for West Virginia‘s next governor in the Oct. 4 special election, announce the launch of Democrats for Maloney.
Democrats for Maloney has a website at http://www.maloneyforwv.com/democrats, where they’re creating what they call a grassroots campaign.
The campaign mimics the [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Businessman Bill Maloney, the Republican candidate for Governor of West Virginia in the Oct. 4 special election, hired a new communications director to deal with the press.
Michelle Yi was hired as Communication Director for the Maloney campaign. She is a former majority press secretary for the Colorado House of Representatives and a [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Despite a heated race, Democratic candidates in last month’s primary for governor of West Virginia have made a loud and clear statement: they support Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin, the acting governor, as their candidate in the Oct 4. special election.
According to a press release from the West Virginia Democratic Party, representatives [...]

In one final address as Governor of the State of West Virginia, Senator-elect Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) talked about his six years of accomplishments in the executive branch and his hopes and plans for the future.
The morning press conference took place in the Governor’s Reception Room at the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, W.Va. Over 100 [...]