Patrick Morrisey
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Sep 11, 2026
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
Today in West Virginia, our flags are at half-staff from dawn until dusk.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
Governor Morrisey asked West Virginians to observe a moment of silence at 8:46 this morning.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
That's why I went live afterwards, because I participated as well.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
But I think that's appropriate.
6 MINS LATER
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
I don't...
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
Whatever.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
In the West Virginia report here at home, Governor Morrisey has announced another expansion of high-speed fiber broadband into rural West Virginia, and listen, you haven't known spiritual warfare until you've tried to upload a video from a holler with one bar service.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
I mean, you're line kinging it.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
Y'all, I saw today where Hurricane, West Virginia made the news.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
Governor Patrick Morrisey was at Valley Park in Hurricane today, for some reason, announcing a $2.4 million grant expanding Ascend West Virginia's efforts to attract and retain healthcare workers in the Mountain State.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
You know why it's hard to get health workers in the Mountain State? 'Cause you don't pay enough, and all we're treating is opioid overdoses and black lung.
Sarah Beth TerryHOST
That's depressing as shit if you're in the healthcare field.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
The Ascend West Virginia program is expanding with a $2.4 million grant.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
Governor Patrick Morrisey joined officials this afternoon to announce the Ascend's expansion into healthcare.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
The grant will allow Ascend to recruit and retain healthcare professionals to the Mountain State.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
WVU President Michael Benson says this is a win for everyone.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
Ascend was created by Marshall President Brad Smith and his wife, Alyssa.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
She joined Governor Patrick Morrissey today for the announcement made at Valley Park in Hurricane.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
WVU will play a large role in recruiting those workers.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
The news is brought to you by the Mary Phelan Leadership Academy.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
The Ascend West Virginia program is expanding with a $2.4 million grant.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
Governor Patrick Morrissey joined officials this afternoon to announce the Ascend's expansion into health care.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
The grant will allow Ascend to recruit and retain health care professionals to the Mountain State.
Jack CarlsonCORRESPONDENT
WVU President Michael Benson says this is a win for everyone.
Rick StatonGUEST
And I think that that may launch a lot of people into elected office, either Democrat or Republicans, you know, data centers have plummeted in popularity.
Rick StatonGUEST
And And the water crisis in West Virginia generally, but more particularly in southern West Virginia, has become significant focus, like 60 Minutes and Brad Davis and all of those things and the tour that Morrissey did.
Rick StatonGUEST
And so I think in that respect, especially in pockets like southern West Virginia, I think there will be some pushback against people about whom there is either a perception or reality that they've not done anything about those issues.
Casey RussellHOST
Yeah, that's what I'm feeling too.
13 MINS LATER
Carrie ClendeningHOST
In the past, I feel like we have a governor right now who wants to control the legislative branch and doesn't really want to govern in terms of the legislative branch as an independent branch of government.
Carrie ClendeningHOST
In your experience, have we had a governor in the past that governed that way? Or is this a new type of style that we're seeing?
Rick StatonGUEST
I think this is new in that we, you know, I served with governors of both parties and they all had great staffs and I'm not criticizing the current staff because I don't know anybody in Morrissey's current staff, but they, number one, they made an effort to, you know, meet and get along or try to get along with the leadership of the House.
Rick StatonGUEST
All during my era, every Friday, the legislative leadership met with the governor, not the staff, the governor, every Friday at the mansion.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
All right, some West Virginia politics, because I want to talk about this, and I just want to kind of talk through a couple things.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
There's some stuff going on in the state of West Virginia politically that I haven't really wrote about or talked about too much, although I have a little bit commentating here and there, but... uh there's some stuff going on the uh sitting governor of the state of west virginia for the uh uninitiated is one patrick morrissey he was the ag for a long time he tried to challenge joe manchin for the u.s senate lost that race but won the governorship he succeeded jim justice who was the governor and now the u.s senator These two men could not be more different, even though they're from the same party once Jim Justice switched back to the Republican Party.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
But that's another story for another day.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
The impetus for the current thing is Jim Justice threatening or at least hinting that he's going to run for governor again against Patrick Morrissey.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
The two men don't like each other.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
They're very different.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
Thank you.
Andrew DonaldsonHOST
What's brought a lot of this to the head was they were both in the same place at the same time a couple days ago for the Greenbrier Business Summit that happens every year.
Eric Von FrohlichHOST
Right.
Kate McLaughlinGUEST
Um, throughout life, there have been these little tiny coincidences that have just happened that have just saved me in so many ways, like having a lacrosse stick at eighth grade, going to work with a friend who could introduce me to Evan at Bigfoot Endurance, like, having the opportunity to meet Pat Morrisey, like, then have the opportunity to meet you.
Kate McLaughlinGUEST
Like, all of these little things just happen, and I'm so grateful and so lucky for them.
Eric Von FrohlichHOST
Well, you have such a great attitude.
Colin HarperHOST
The legislator passed it on April 12, 2025.
Colin HarperHOST
Governor Patrick Morrissey approved it on April 30, 2025, and it took effect on July 11, 2025.
Colin HarperHOST
What this basically does is, among other things, for certified high-impact data centers, West Virginia does not simply let the normal regular property tax increment flow entirely to the local taxing jurisdiction.
Colin HarperHOST
Instead, the incremental regular levy revenue created by the data center is diverted through a special formula.
John FredericksHOST
He didn't he didn't do that.
John FredericksHOST
And but I tell you what, Patrick Morrissey fighting back.
John FredericksHOST
Trying to go out there every day and basically talk about a lot of the positives he's had.
John FredericksHOST
Look, we're 20 months out from this thing.
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