Brad McElhinny

5 days ago | wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny

A federal judge has ruled in favor of an international student at Marshall University who has been fighting to be sure his legal status will remain fully restored. U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers issued a 22-page order on Thursday, just a couple of days before Marshall’s spring graduation ceremony. The order directs federal officials to restore the valid visa designation for Shival Vyas, a Marshall University graduate student originally from India.

5 days ago | wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny

Governor Patrick Morrisey has issued guidance reflecting his administration’s intent to maintain an executive order allowing religious exemptions to West Virginia’s school vaccination policies — directing public school officials to comply and asking private schools to do so. The guidance does not appear to require families to cite a particular religious tradition or teaching.

6 days ago | wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny

Senator Shelley Moore Capito says workers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health deserve greater certainty, as do workers like coal miners who are affected by its programs like black lung screening. Senator Jim Justice says he trusts President Donald Trump and his administration to do the right thing. Hundreds of workers at the NIOSH in Morgantown have been told they will lose their jobs in a matter of weeks.

6 days ago | wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny

Cleveland-Cliffs says it’s abandoning plans for a new electrical distribution transformer production plant in Weirton, part of several cost-cutting moves the steelmaker is undergoing up against millions of dollars in losses across the company. The move affecting Weirton was announced Wednesday evening. In an earnings call today, company officials elaborated on their reasoning, saying abandonment of the project would result in a capital expenditure reduction of $50 million.

6 days ago | wvmetronews.com | Brad McElhinny

A Marshall University graduate student originally from India is still fighting to be sure his legal status will remain fully restored. Shival Vyas, who is preparing to celebrate the completion of his graduate program this weekend, is being represented in a federal lawsuit after he received an email saying his F-1 Visa was being revoked. U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers has scheduled a 10 a.m. Thursday hearing in Huntington on a preliminary injunction.