SETTLEMENT REACHED – A proposed lawsuit settlement will leave the State Capitol Building murals in place and require a new retroactive vote by the Capitol Building Commission to approve the murals, as well as award attorneys for the plaintiffs more than $18,000. -- Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography

CHARLESTON – A proposed settlement order is pending before a Kanawha County judge that could bring to an end a lawsuit challenging the legality of a series of murals installed in the rotunda of the State Capitol Building last year.

According to the agreed settlement order submitted by the parties to 8th Judicial Circuit Judge Dave Hardy, the West Virginia Capitol Building Commission is required to hold a special public meeting to fully discuss and review the eight murals painted and in

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