Ken Ward Jr.
Salon.com
West Virginia, United States
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Joe Manchin’s price for supporting the climate change bill: A natural gas pipeline in his home state
Dems to pave way for Mountain Valley Pipeline, remove jurisdiction from a court that keeps ruling against project. → Read More
Revealed: Joe Manchin's price for supporting climate bill
To accommodate the West Virginia senator, Democratic leadership agreed to legislation streamlining permits for the often-stalled Mountain Valley Pipeline and removing jurisdiction from a court that keeps ruling against the project. → Read More
How These Ultra-Wealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes
As a member of Congress, Jared Polis was one of the loudest Democrats demanding President Donald Trump release his tax returns. → Read More
How These Ultrawealthy Politicians Avoided Paying Taxes
IRS records reveal how Gov. Jim Justice, Gov. Jared Polis, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other wealthy political figures slashed their taxes using strategies unavailable to most of their constituents. → Read More
This billionaire governor’s coal company might get a big break from his own regulators
A coal company owned by Gov. Jim Justice allegedly continues to exceed discharge limits for harmful substances → Read More
This billionaire governor keeps firing top officials when he is in a crisis
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has a pattern of firing top officials in crises, including top public health officer → Read More
Companies Owned by This Billionaire Governor Received up to $24 Million in Bailout Loans
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his family received between $11 million and $24 million from a federal coronavirus economic relief program. His luxury resort received up to $10 million, but did not promise to retain jobs because of the loan. → Read More
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 elected. But he’s frequently used his power as governor to promote his own corporate entities while running the state. → Read More
WV lawmakers call for ethics reforms following story on Gov. Justice and The Greenbrier
West Virginia lawmakers are calling for a thorough reexamination of the state’s ethics rules following a Charleston Gazette-Mail and ProPublica investigation of the conflicts of interest created by Gov. Jim → Read More
WV lawmakers call for ethics reforms following story on Gov. Justice and The Greenbrier
West Virginia lawmakers are calling for a thorough reexamination of the state’s ethics rules following a Charleston Gazette-Mail and ProPublica investigation of the conflicts of interest created by Gov. Jim → Read More
Welcome to the Greenbrier, the Governor-Owned Luxury Resort Filled With Conflicts of Interest —
Gov. Jim Justice is West Virginia’s richest man and owns its most storied resort. When lobbyists and state agencies book there, he profits. Here’s how the governor, dubbed “Big Jim,” became West Virginia’s little Trump. → Read More
Welcome to The Greenbrier, the governor-owned luxury resort filled with conflicts of interest
On a sunny Monday afternoon two and a half years ago, Jim Justice, the wealthiest man in West Virginia, took the oath of office as the state’s 36th governor. → Read More
West Virginia's Supreme Court Sends Mixed Messages in Cases Pitting Landowners Against Natural Gas Companies
The court has upheld a ruling preventing gas companies from prospecting on people's land without permission, but threw out a series of lawsuits complaining of the nuisance created by their operations. → Read More
Court rules with Antero, but doesn’t set new standards for gas drilling
The West Virginia Supreme Court on Monday sided with Antero Resources in a case brought by Harrison County landowners, but it did not fully close off the ability of residents → Read More
Court to Big Fracking Company: Trespassing Still Exists — Even For You —
In a key property rights decision, two West Virginia residents scored a rare victory from the state Supreme Court. → Read More
Supreme Court ruling gives residents more say over natural gas drilling
Natural gas producers in West Virginia can no longer drill on one person’s property to reach gas reserves under adjoining or neighboring tracts, the state Supreme Court said Wednesday in → Read More
Powerless
What it looks and sounds like when a gas driller overruns your land. → Read More
He is West Virginia’s Speaker of the House — and a lawyer for natural gas companies
State ethics rules seldom stop lawmakers from proposing or voting on legislation that affects places they work for → Read More
The West Virginia Speaker of the House Has Conflicts of Interest With the Natural Gas Industry
Roger Hanshaw, a Republican lawyer from Clay County, represents natural gas companies and gas industry lobby groups in his private legal practice while voting on measures that directly affect their businesses. → Read More
West Virginia’s natural gas industry keeps pushing to whittle away payments to residents
Companies are deducting “post-production” costs or creating shell companies to reduce royalty payments. → Read More