Ken Ward Jr. & The Charleston Gazette-Mail
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This Governor Still Guides His Billion-Dollar Business Empire, Even Though He Said He Wouldn’t
Jim Justice promised West Virginians he would focus on public service, and not his businesses, once he was…
October 22, 2019
Fracking Companies Lost on Trespassing, but a Court Just Gave Them a Different Win
A week after the West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously upheld the property rights of landowners battling one natural…
June 13, 2019
Century-Old West Virginia Leases Yield Paltry Gas Royalties. A Suit Could Cut Others’ Payouts to a Trickle, Too.
This article was produced in partnership with the Charleston Gazette-Mail, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network.…
November 14, 2018
‘Jobs Alliance’ Backed by Coal Giant Loses Bid to Stop West Virginia Natural Gas Plant
A group backed by Murray Energy has tried to block gas plants in West Virginia. The state Supreme…
November 6, 2018
Another West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Declines to Step Aside in Another Natural Gas Case
A lawyer who represented new Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins is on the legal team representing the natural…
October 11, 2018
“Jobs Alliance,” Funded by Trump Backer, Tries to Block Gas Plants That Would Bring Jobs to West Virginia
Murray Energy, one of the nation’s largest coal producers, is paying for lawyers trying to block natural gas…
October 1, 2018