JUDGE HALTS ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP SUBPOENA

A federal judge has temporarily halted a state subpoena seeking a decade of records from the environmental group West Virginia Rivers. The Attorney General’s office says the group made misleading claims about climate change. The group sued, arguing the investigation is meant to punish its speech. Judge Joseph Goodwin wrote that the First Amendment does not allow that kind of investigation. The pause lasts 14 days, and a longer hearing will come later.