Shepherd University celebrated the groundbreaking of its new dining hall and multipurpose building on Wednesday.
Located on the west side of the Shepherd campus near the intramural fields, this project will include state-of-the-art dining facilities, along with new locker rooms and a weight room. It was funded with help from Rep. Riley Moore and former state Sen. Craig Blair.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is introducing a resolution to congratulate Pope Leo XIV on his “historic” election as the “first American pontiff,” The Daily Wire can first report.
The cardinals’ decision to choose Pope Leo as the leader of the Catholic Church surprised many, given that there has never before been an American pope. But his selection has also proved surprisingly unitive as American leaders and lawmakers come together to celebrate the honor done to their country by an American sitting on the Chair of Peter.
Led by Republican Riley Moore of West Virginia, the lawmakers will introduce the resolution Wednesday to honor and congratulate the pope. The resolution’s language will specifically celebrate Pope Leo as “the 267th pontiff of the Holy Roman Catholic Church” as well as “the first American pontiff,” recognizing the significance of his election for the many American Catholics and Christians.
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. confirmed on Wednesday that some previously laid off workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health facility in Morgantown had been restored to their positions.
Kennedy, during a U.S. House Appropriations Committee budget hearing, answered a question about the status of the NIOSH employees from Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va.
We spoke with West Virginia Congressman Riley Moore, who personally worked on the deal during his time as State Treasurer, and he describes the news as heartbreaking.
“What I’d like to see is perhaps given the national security aspect of transformers, it is a national security issue, we have to be able to produce them here in the United States, if perhaps the Administration invoking the Defense Production Act. And that is something that I’ve been speaking with the White House about this issue as it relates to Cleveland Cliffs and Weirton.”
On Wednesday, following the closure of the stock market, it was learned that plans to convert Weirton’s Cleveland-Cliffs facility to an electric transformer facility have fallen through.
WAJR: Officials with the City of Fairmont have made the trip down to the nation’s capitol to advocate for Mountain State legislatures to support local projects.
Fairmont City Manager Travis Blosser, Mayor Anne Boylard, and Fairmont Fire Chief Brian Starn, among others, traveled down to Washington, D.C., to speak with Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Jim Justice along with Congressman Riley Moore to discuss what projects for the city will need to be accounted for with the help of federal funds. This includes facilities in need of immediate upgrades to respond to emergencies and multi-year projects that are part of the city’s five-year plan.
After visiting the controversial Salvadoran mega-prison known as the Terrorist Confinement Center (CECOT), freshman Congressman Riley Moore, R-W.Va., says he is "even more determined" to support the president’s efforts to secure the U.S. from criminal illegal aliens.
This comes as the Trump administration’s scheme of sending the "worst of the worst" migrant gang members to CECOT has caused national controversy, with some outraged Democrats accusing President Donald Trump of "kidnapping" people for deportation.
Moore said that while at CECOT he came face to face with some of the country’s "most brutal criminals, including murderers, rapists, pedophiles, and terrorists," and "extremely violent criminals recently deported from the U.S."
Easter Monday could soon be a federal holiday under a new legislative proposal.
Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Rep. Riley Moore, R-W. Va., are leading the way on legislation to make the day following Easter Sunday a holiday amid several other countries also recognizing the holiday.
West Virginia Congressman Riley Moore and Utah Senator Mike Lee on Tuesday introduced legislation that would ensure that new moms are not “penalized” under federal law for deciding to leave the workforce and stay home with their child.
The Republican lawmakers introduced a new bill that would amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to ensure that parents are not required to pay back health care costs if they decide to stay home after the birth of their child. The bill, first shared with The Daily Wire, is titled the Fairness for Stay-at-Home-Parents Act.
President Donald Trump (R) signed multiple executive orders on Monday that plan to bolster the coal industry in the United States. Here’s what officials in West Virginia had to say following the orders, as well as statements from some of the organizations that this order may impact.