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Former state Supreme Court Justice Elliot "Spike" Maynard's effort to oust Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., is not only the first serious test of the 17-term congressman in a generation.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Companies owned by coal operator Robert E. Murray, and people who work for those companies, have made dozens of political contributions to West Virginia's two Republican members of Congress during this election cycle.

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According to the Alzheimer's Association, an estimated 5.4 million people have Alzheimer's Disease.

A legal issue causing widespread angst among banks supervised by the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is triggering bipartisan concern on Capitol Hill , with lawmakers of both parties considering working together to blunt the chances of a behind the scenes show-down between the fledgling financial regulator and financial firms.

While neither major political party can boast maximum strength right now, we have to hand it to the WV Republican Party for finally filling the top of the ballot with quality candidates.A The often heard complaint from Independents and conservative Democrats, looking for an alternative to the Democratic Party's slate, is that the Republicans don't ... (more)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia's three incumbent members of Congress all raised significant amounts of money by the end of 2011, much more than their opponents, according to reports they filed with the Federal Election Commission by Jan.

Four more prominent Republican leaders - Senator Fred Thompson and Representatives J.C. Watts, Shelley Moore Capito, and Thaddeus McCotter - will address Washington and Lee students at the school's 2012 Republican Mock Convention.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- This week, House Republicans rolled out a comprehensive transportation plan to fix our nation's infrastructure and create jobs now and in the future.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin led the delegation in funds raised during the final three months of 2011.

Speakers include House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, West Virginia Rep.

Feb. 2, 2012 - NAFCU supports H.R. 3461 as a tool to help improve transparency and provide much-needed consistency in examinations of credit unions, JetStream FCU President and CEO Jeanne Kucey, a NAFCU Board member, told lawmakers Wednesday.

A Senate bipartisan conference report filed on Wednesday should pave the way for new investments in rural airports across the nation.

All I want to know is when the residents of this state are going to get a property tax break.

Morrisey, 44, lives on a mountaintop in Harpers Ferry. He's a partner at the Washington, D.C. office of King & Spalding, an international law firm.

Jan. 30, 2012 - Wednesday's House subcommittee hearing on H.R. 3461, the Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act, will include testimony from two panels of witnesses, with NAFCU witness Jeanne Kucey of JetStream FCU on an industry panel of five.

Rep. Diane Black got an up-close look at gender segregation in Saudi Arabia during a trip to the Middle East earlier this month.

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West Virginia remembers former governor Hulett Smith as he was laid to rest in Beckley.

Second District Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito has made her run for a seventh term in the U.S. House of Representatives official.