My end of the week notes

–Former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship has produced a television ad running statewide (and one 60-second spot that ran in Washington, D.C.) calling for another investigation into the UBB disaster where 29 miners died.  Federal and state investigators concluded a combination of poor safety conditions and coal dust caused the disaster, but Blankenship has long

US Senate approves raising debt ceiling, disaster funding; Manchin, Capito in favor

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., said the legislation was needed following the recent string of hurricanes.