On Hanukkah, we celebrate the triumph of faith and light over darkness. West Virginia will always be a place where people are free to practice their faith openly & without fear. Wishing all who celebrate a joyful and meaningful Festival of Lights. @BluegrassRabbi @Chabad

Governor Morrisey Reflects on Year in Review

Governor Morrisey Grants State Employees Extended Christmas Holiday https://t.co/jYCOUlNmSN

“I want to really recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of our West Virginia National Guard and of our Department of Veterans Assistance over the last year," ~ Governor Morrise via @stevenadamswv in the @NewsandSentinel

The @WVNationalGuard always answers the call.

Governor Morrisey Gives Administration Update

Denise and I were deeply saddened by the tragic loss of a coal miner today at the Lower War Eagle mine in Wyoming County. Our hearts go out to his family, loved ones, and coworkers during this sorrowful time. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety, and Training

On Tuesday, Morrisey announced his plan aimed at reducing the number of children within the child welfare system with behavioral or mental health needs that are being sent to out-of-state facilities for care. ~ @kimberly_keagy on @WSAZnews

I am very saddened to hear of the loss of former West Virginia legislator Richard Browning. Richard spent nearly 20 years serving the people of our state in the House of Delegates and State Senate as a dignified leader and an unwavering advocate for his community in Wyoming

Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced plans to work with the state lawmakers on a bill aimed at reducing out-of-state placements for children in the state's child welfare system. More from Charles Young in @wvnews247

Gov. Morrisey Discusses Continued Reform in Child Welfare System

I want to thank President Trump for taking this decisive action to confront the fentanyl crisis and treat it with the seriousness it demands. This is something I called for immediately upon taking office as governor, and it is an issue I aggressively pursued as Attorney General

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Too often, we lose talented teachers, service personnel, and police officers to neighboring states offering higher pay. We must reverse that trend by ensuring our public servants can build their careers here in West Virginia. ~ Gov. Morrisey in @newstalk1037fm

Governor Morrisey Encourages Tourism at West Virginia's Winter Attractions

“I’ve always been a believer that we have to compete more effectively with the other states that we touch. That means that we have to increase the pay of our teachers, our school service personnel, our law enforcement and many other hard-working state workers." ~ Gov. Morrisey to

“We will have a pay raise for state employees, period. That’s going to include teachers. That’s going to include school service personnel. That’s going to include our hard-working State Police and so many of the people, the correction officers, who are working hard every day to

We already know that there are people in the House & the Senate that have been talking about the importance of teacher pay raises ... I’m looking forward to working with the legislature on the package. ~ Gov. Morrisey via Daniel Woods in @WVMetroNews

The pay raises would cover a majority of state workers, including teachers, State Police, corrections officers and others. Morrisey’s reason for the proposed raise is the improving financial outlook in the state. ~ McKenna Galloway on @WBOY12News