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West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R), who is running for governor of the Mountain State, told Breitbart News on Friday before his official announcement that he is endorsing former President Donald Trump in his 2024 run.

One Nation, an outside political advocacy group linked to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), is dropping a million-dollar advocacy ad in West Virginia, targeting Sen. Joe Manchin (D) for “falling in line with D.C. liberals” on climate policies.

The Republican supermajority in West Virginia’s House of Delegates grew bigger on Monday after first-term Del. Elliott Pritt switched to the Republican Party, making him the fourth Democrat to change parties nationwide in less than two months.

Leftist country music star Brad Paisley is the latest celebrity to travel to Ukraine in an attempt to juice flagging American support for the United States’ multi-billion dollar involvement in Ukraine’s war with Russia.

The U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency request from West Virginia on Thursday, allowing a 12-year-old “transgender girl” to participate in his middle school’s girls’ sports team while litigation over the state’s ban continues. 

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey told Breitbart News in an interview on Tuesday, shortly after his gubernatorial campaign announcement, that he is running to protect the Mountain State’s jobs and become “America’s energy governor.”

Two conservative PACs are committed to spending “well over” $10 million dollars to help elect West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey to the governorship, Club for Growth PAC President David McIntosh says.

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey (R) announced a gubernatorial run on the Republican ticket Tuesday.

The Biden administration was forced to offer up 2,600 square miles of federal oil and gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico this week, following a deal made by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) in exchange for his support of the left’s climate legislation last summer.

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed a landmark anti-ESG proxy voting reform bill into law that will protect state-managed pension funds and other investments against activist money managers.

Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski have reportedly indicated they would support Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) if he seeks reelection.

U.S. cyclocross champion Hannah Arensman says she is leaving the sport after recently finishing fourth between transgender “women.”

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey would enter the GOP gubernatorial primary in his state with a significant double-digit lead should he decide to run, a new poll obtained exclusively by Breitbart News shows.

West Virginia’s legislature passed a bill Friday banning “transgender” surgical procedures and drugs being prescribed to children.

West Virginia state Treasurer Riley Moore — who has been leading the charge on the state level against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) rules — said he was “elated” that Congress is trying to nullify a Biden rule, allowing those factors to be considered in retirement investing.

A bill that would ban child marriages is set to go before the West Virginia state Senate after passing the state House of Delegates Wednesday.

Gov. Jim Justice (R) signed campus carry legislation into law Wednesday morning, making West Virginia the 12th campus carry state in the Union. 

Safe Haven Baby Boxes has established more than 130 baby boxes across nine states, according to the report.

West Virginia state Treasurer Riley Moore, a national leader against the leftist ESG movement, endorsed former President Donald Trump in his presidential run on Thursday.

Gov. Jim Justice (R) says he will sign campus carry legislation within “a matter of seconds” of it reaching his desk, noting that an armed student may be able to stop a campus attacker in West Virginia. 

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore said on Wednesday that the West Virginia Board of Treasury Investments (WVBTI) outperformed the funds run by BlackRock and other firms blacklisted from doing business with the state the last year for boycotting the fossil fuel industry.

The West Virginia House of Delegates passed campus carry legislation by a margin of 84-13, sending the legislation to Gov. Jim Justice’s (R) desk to be signed.

Sixteen state governments either plan to or have enacted legitimate age verification requirements to access pornography sites in an effort to protect children from the harmful content.

Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), told Breitbart News exclusively that the GOP sees a clear path back to the U.S. Senate majority in 2024 thanks to a favorable map that has Democrats on defense from the outset.

Political analysts from the UVA Center for Politics mark West Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat — which is currently held by a Democrat — as “Lean Republican” in the first set of projections for the 2024 cycle.

West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore told Breitbart News on the first anniversary of his state divesting from BlackRock over its “net zero” policy push that the asset manager is “starting to hedge” and that the push against the policy movement is “having an effect.”

West Virginia and Louisiana state treasurers blast President Joe Biden’s Labor Department controversial rule change to allow companies to prioritize Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives when choosing retirement plans — ultimately reversing a Trump-era rule.

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia — West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore, who recently announced a congressional run in 2024, told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) policies are going to lead to the “destruction of the fossil fuel industry.”

During his speech in San Diego about promoting clean energy, Biden could not have been more clear about his desire to shut down coal-fired power plants.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) blasted Joe Biden on Saturday regarding the president’s recent pledge to shut down the U.S. coal industry. 

The electric vehicle of an unfortunate Washington, DC, tourist ran out of battery in the middle of a remote West Virginia road on Friday. Thankfully, a few unlikely good Samaritans were nearby to rescue the stranded traveler.

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore (R) predicted that more Republican-led states will soon push back against Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) policies from the private sector. 

House Delegates in WV have advanced a bill to the state Senate that puts restrictions on abortion in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s reversal.

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore on Thursday banned five Wall Street firms from state banking contracts over the financial giants’ advancing ESG climate activism, to the detriment of West Virginians. 

A beloved cat gave his family a huge surprise recently when they thought they would never see him again.

A small fluffy dog that went missing for over a month after running away from the scene of a car accident has been reunited with its owner.