Treasurer Moore Praises Kentucky Lawmakers, Treasurer Ball for Passage of Pro-Fossil Fuel Banking Protection Bill

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore today applauded Kentucky State Treasurer Allison Ball and lawmakers in that state for their recent passage of Senate Bill 205, which would authorize the Kentucky State Treasurer to identify firms engaged in boycotts of energy industries and require state agencies to divest from or stop doing business with them. Continue reading

Treasurer Moore’s Pro-Fossil Fuel Banking Protection Bill Becomes Law

State Treasurer Riley Moore issued the following statement after his landmark fossil fuel banking protection bill, Senate Bill 262, became law on Wednesday. Continue reading

Treasurer Moore Confirms No Russian Holdings in State Consolidated Fund Investment Pools

State Treasurer Riley Moore today confirmed the state Board of Treasury Investments, which manages more than $8 billion in short-term state and local government operating funds, has no direct investments in Russian securities. Continue reading

Treasurer Moore Joins National Coalition to Oppose Raskin Appointment to Federal Reserve

State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he has joined a national coalition of State Treasurers, Auditors and Financial Officers to oppose President Joe Biden’s nomination of Sarah Bloom Raskin to a key position with the Federal Reserve. Continue reading

Treasurer Moore Announces Board of Treasury Investments Ends Use of BlackRock Investment Fund

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced the Board of Treasury Investments, which manages the state’s roughly $8 billion operating funds, will no longer use a BlackRock Inc. investment fund as part of its banking transactions. Continue reading

WV Treasurer Moore Urges Congress to Oppose Anti-Fossil Fuel Banking Legislation

State Treasurer Riley Moore today urged members of Congress to oppose any attempts to pass federal legislation that would require banks to end future investment in coal, oil and natural gas companies or projects. Continue reading

WV Treasurer Moore Leads 15-State Coalition to Push Back Against Bank Boycotts of Traditional Energy Industries

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he has formed a 15-state coalition of state financial officers who have committed to scrutinize or potentially curtail future business with banks that adopt corporate policies to cut off financing for the coal, oil and natural gas industries. Continue reading

Treasurer Moore & National Coalition Urge U.S. Senate to Reject Radical Biden Banking Nominee

State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he and a coalition of State Treasurers and financial officers are strongly urging the U.S. Senate to reject President Joe Biden’s radical Comptroller of the Currency nominee Saule Omarova, who has said she wants to ‘bankrupt’ the coal and natural gas industries and proposed to ‘end banking as we know it.’ Continue reading

Treasurer Moore, Arizona Treasurer Yee Encourage Senators Manchin, Sinema to Oppose Invasive Biden IRS Plan

West Virginia Treasurer Riley Moore and Arizona Treasurer Kimberly Yee today encouraged U.S. Senators Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., to remain strong in opposition to President Joe Biden’s proposal to turn over citizens’ bank account data to the Internal Revenue Service. Continue reading

Treasurer Moore Joins Coalition of State Financial Officers to Oppose President Biden’s Intrusive IRS Reporting Requirements

State Treasurer Riley Moore today announced he has joined a coalition of 23 state Treasurers and financial officers to oppose President Joe Biden’s proposal to massively increase the amount of data on consumers’ personal bank accounts that is turned over to the federal government. Continue reading
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