CHARLESTON — Change is always a necessary thing, though it’s rarely something that comes easy. In this case, I have the sad duty of saying goodbye and and the proud duty to introduce my successor.
I was hired by the Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia in April of 2009 to help mold a journalism and [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — An aide to the Governor since his rise from Senate President and Acting Governor is taking on the responsibilities of another state agency.
Jacqueline Proctor, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin‘s Communications Director, will serve as the Deputy Commissioner of the state Division of Tourism under Commerce Secretary Keith [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — On Oct. 4, Senate President and Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin won the special election for Governor of West Virginia and will take office sometime in the next few weeks as the vote is finalized and other formalities are finished.
But the election isn’t quite over, at [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — The most recent governor of West Virginia joined the acting governor of West Virginia in a TV commercial for the Oct. 4 special election for the state’s next governor.
U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) joined Senate President and Acting Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, the Democratic nominee in [...]

By Steven Allen Adams | West Virginia Watchdog
CHARLESTON — A recent attack ad by the Maloney campaign has irked at least one senior organization.
This week the campaign of Republican businessman Bill Maloney, a candidate in the Oct. 4 special election for West Virginia’s next governor, launched an ad attacking his Democratic opponent, Senate President and [...]

U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd returns to West Virginia one last time to lay in repose in the lower rotunda of the State Capitol Complex in Charleston, W.Va. (Photo/Steven Allen Adams)
By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Robert C. Byrd, the longest serving U.S. Senator and longest serving Member of Congress, passed away one year ago today.
Byrd – a [...]

By Steven Allen Adams
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During the 2010 special election for U.S. Senate, Republicans, including candidate John Raese, attacked then-Governor Joe Manchin, the Democrat candidate, as being two different people. If voters elected Manchin, opponents said Manchin would become “Washington Joe,” doing whatever President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., told him to do.
Despite [...]

Betty Harrah, sister of deceased miner Steven Harrah, grieves at a candlelight vigil for the 29 coal miners lost in UBB disaster in Whitesville, WV. Photo by Bob Bird.
By Steven Allen Adams
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
This week has been a light news week as West Virginia stops to remember the 29 miners that perished in Massey Energy/Performance Coal’s Upper [...]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
Whether by convention or primary, West Virginians will get their chance to pick the next Governor of the state in 2011.
Senate President and Acting Gov. Earl Tomblin addressed the ruling by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals requiring him to call a special election for governor by Nov. 15, 2011.
“I have [...]

By STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS
steven@westvirginiawatchdog.org
After two months of watching and waiting, West Virginia found out when it gets to pick its new governor, and it’s sooner rather than later.
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday afternoon that state officials must hold a special election for governor this year.
The ruling ends a dispute between the [...]