Bipartisan Senators Seek to Keep Title 42 Amid Border Chaos
A group led by Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito introduces the Public Health and Border Security Act to keep Title 42 until a DHS plan is ready. It ties lifting health emergencies to a workable border plan as illegal crossings soar, with 2022 figures at 2.4 million. President Biden set May 11 as the end date for COVID related emergencies.
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Joe Manchin
D-W Va
Shelley Moore Capito
R-W. Va
Lier
Capito
Biden
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
West Virginia bill blocks MCC tracking of firearm sales
The West Virginia House passed HB 2004 to bar use of payment card systems to surveil Second Amendment activity. Sen. Capito criticized new firearm merchant category codes as a threat to privacy and constitutional rights, urging card companies not to impede lawful gun purchases.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
Senate
Shelley Moore Capito
R-V.va
Visa
Mastercard
American Express
International Organization For Standardizations
ISC
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Kimball Town Acquires Vacant Walmart Property
The town of Kimball takes ownership of the empty Walmart site once closed in 2016 amid store closures. Rural King previously bought the McDowell County property for about 175000 dollars that year, but plans to open never materialized. local leaders say they pursued tenants for years and hoped for a donation or new occupant after outreach.
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Kimball
Walmart
McDowell County
Rural King
Adam Gianato
Griffith Leads COVID-19 Origin Inquiry Hearing
Rep Morgan Griffith of Virginia led a House subcommittee hearing to stress the need for pandemic origin investigations to boost the United States pandemic preparedness and biodefense. He chairs the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and called for a governmental mechanism to determine origins of highly contagious viruses.
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Morgan Griffith
Griffith
House Energy and Commerce
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