Born in Morgantown into the West Virginia Moore-Capito political family, Moore began his career as a welder before moving into politics. In 2013, he served as an associate at the Podesta Group where he was part of a client team working on the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECFMU), which was formed to represent the Party of Regions, a banned pro-Russian political party in Ukraine formed in late 1997.
Audit prompts WVa treasurer to seek greater agency oversight
By JOHN RABYJanuary 27, 2021 GMT
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore said Wednesday his office will seek greater oversight of an agency that a legislative audit says did not keep adequate records of a loan program intended to boost the state’s economy.
Moore, a Republican who took office earlier this month after defeating six-term incumbent Democrat John Perdue in November, said in a statement that the proposed transparency and accountability measures are aimed at taxpayer funds used by the state Economic Development Authority.
“As your new Treasurer, I am not going to sit idly by while unelected bureaucrats squander taxpayer money with impunity,” Moore said. “As the state’s chief financial officer, I have a fiduciary duty to ensure taxpayer funds are spent wisely with absolute transparency and accountability and I will do everything within my power to make sure this never happens ag
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Chief Justice Evan Jenkins administers the oath of office to Gov. Jim Justice as First Lady Cathy Justice holds the Bible.
CHARLESTON Gov. Jim Justice laid out an optimistic future for West Virginia on Friday in an all-but-traditional Inaugural Day address as he was sworn in as the first elected Republican governor since 1997.
“Over and over and over, we are showing the world just how great we really truly are,” Justice said. “West Virginia is really on the move. Absolutely in this situation we’re in right now, with the House and the Senate and absolutely all the people behind me, we can really do phenomenal work.”
CHARLESTON Gov. Jim Justice laid out an optimistic future for West Virginia on Friday in an anything-but-traditional Inaugural Day address as he was sworn i