Capito backs Biden aim but calls agenda too costly
Senator Shelley Moore Capito says Biden’s address sets a very ambitious, bipartisan tone yet warns the plan is expensive and too left leaning. She notes agreement on unity and bipartisanship while criticizing proposed taxes, court packing, statehood, Keystone action, and overall scope. Capito supports a bipartisan broadband bill with Senator Amy Klobuchar to expand student and school access.
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Washington
Shelley Moore Capito
R-W. Va
Joe Biden
D.C
U.S. Supreme Court
Sive
Amy Klobuchar
D-Minn
Senators push 15 year AML extension for coal reclamation
A group led by Sen Joe Manchin D WV and including Sens Mark Warner and Tim Kaine introduced bills to extend AML Reclamation funding for 15 years and to promote coal community revitalization. The AML Extension Act would provide a clean 15 year extension of the program funding abandoned mine land reclamation projects in affected areas.
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Washington
U.S
Joe Manchin
D-W. Va
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Virginia
Mark Warner
Tim Kaine
Keep Mercer Clean wraps up with thousands of bags filled
Volunteers completed the Keep Mercer Clean campaign in Bluewell, filling thousands of roadside litter bags from illegal dumps. County Commissioner Greg Puckett noted more trash than usual along the county’s roadways, with Day Report Center volunteers typically targeting Routes 10, 19, and 20.
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Keep Mercer Clean
Bluewell
Puckett
Princeton man faces sexual abuse by parent guardian charges
A Mercer County jury trial began for Robert Daniel Blankenship 45 of Princeton on charges including first degree sexual abuse and sexual abuse by a parent guardian or person in a position of trust with a child. The open ing arguments followed juror selection after a juvenile testified.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Robert Daniel Blankenship
Derek Swope
John McGinnis
Brian Cochran
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