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News Tipoffs - West Virginia Editors Newsletter for 2026-04-08 ( 7 items )  
Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media (10)
COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 7 -- South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson issued the following news: * * * Attorney General Alan Wilson protects children from the harms of social media * (COLUMBIA, S.C.) - Attorney General Alan Wilson has joined a 32-state friend-of-the-court brief in defense of a Louisiana law that protects children from the addictive harms of social media. States have the power to protect children from the harms posed by social media. Platforms have brought in $11 more PR

CBF Helps Maryland Farmers Get Resiliency Boost Through Federal Grant (10)
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, April 7 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release: * * * CBF Helps Maryland Farmers Get Resiliency Boost Through Federal Grant * The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) and Maryland farmers will plant thousands of trees and improve hundreds of acres of grazing pastures for cleaner rivers and streams, and more resilient farm businesses, thanks to a recent grant. The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)'s Chesapeake Bay Small Watershed Grant  more PR

Center of the American Experiment Issues Commentary: Money will flow - it's just a matter of where (10)
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minnesota, April 8 -- The Center of the American Experiment, a civic and educational organization that says it creates and advocates policies, issued the following commentary on April 7, 2026, by policy fellow Catrin Wigfall: * * * Money will flow -- it's just a matter of where The new federal tax-credit could bring billions of dollars into education. States that opt out aren't stopping that money -- they are just sending it somewhere else. The structure of the program is stra more PR

Customer Service Workers at DirecTV Vote to Authorize Strike (10)
WASHINGTON, April 7 [Category: Union] -- The AFL-CIO Communications Workers of America posted the following news release: * * * Customer Service Workers at DirecTV Vote to Authorize Strike * An overwhelming majority of customer service DirecTV workers represented by the Communications Workers of America (CWA) vote to strike if necessary for fair working conditions, more than a few seconds between calls, and secure wages. Huntington, W.Va. - DirecTV workers, represented by the Communications more PR

Ga. A.G. Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting (10)
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 8 -- Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * Carr Joins 25-State Coalition in Amicus Brief Against Noncitizen Voting Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a Ninth Circuit decision that undermines states' ability to prevent noncitizens from voting in American elections. "Only American citizens are eligible to vote in American elections. Period. That's  more PR

PHOTOS: Capito Tours CDS Projects in Eastern Panhandle (10)
WASHINGTON, April 7 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * PHOTOS: Capito Tours CDS Projects in Eastern Panhandle * EASTERN PANHANDLE, W.Va. - Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a leader on the Senate Appropriations Committee, made stops in Harpers Ferry, Charles Town, and Martinsburg to receive updates on community projects and receive updates on plans for projects supported by Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) investme more PR

West Virginia Urging the DOJ to Protect Federal Attorneys From Political Groups Who are Weaponizing Bar Complaints (10)
CHARLESTON, West Virginia, April 8 -- The West Virginia Attorney General John B. McCuskey issued the following news release on April 7, 2026: * * * West Virginia urging the DOJ to protect federal attorneys from political groups who are weaponizing bar complaints West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey is leading a coalition of fourteen state Attorneys General in fighting back against organized, politically motivated campaigns designed to intimidate Department of Justice attorneys and cripp more PR