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Trans-athlete case great fodder for Morrisey’s campaign

At what point will Attorney General Patrick Morrisey stop picking on children? He is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling in B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education. The case centers on the 2021 law (HB 2393) barring transgender females from playing in women’s sports by specifying that youth must play on the team matching their sex at birth, not their gender identity. Becky Pepper-Jackson, a 13-year-old transgender girl from Bridgeport, has been in and out of courts for the last three years, challenging the law that tried ...

Century of history as Met turns 100

There will be a double birthday celebration downtown this weekend as the city recognizes what would be Don Knotts’ 100th birthday and what is the Metropolitan Theatre’s 100th birthday as well. Festivities kick off at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Met with its Knotts movie marathon — featuring “The Incredible Mr. Limpet,” “The Ghost and Mr. Chicken,” “Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo” and “The Apple Dumpling Gang” — and will run through Tuesday, July 24.  Entrance to any of the movies costs $1. There will also be presentations and performances on Saturday, Monday and ...

Tax cuts bring W.Va. to the brink

Gov. Jim Justice and the Legislature need to check their numbers before they send West Virginia into a financial tailspin. Right now, the state is looking at some very expensive new outlays at the same time tax revenue is decreasing, with new tax cuts about to be triggered and Justice requesting even more cuts. So far, the math isn’t adding up to anything good. Let’s look at revenue first: By the end of June, the state had collected $700 million less in taxes than it had by the same time last year, down from $6.48 billion in 2023 to $5.7 billion in 2024, thanks to the personal ...

Russian disinfo targeting elections

What do the recent elections in France and the upcoming election in America have in common? They’ve been the targets of a concerted Russian disinformation campaign. France has been the target of Russian bots and fake news sites for the last two years, but efforts to disseminate false information ramped up this past fall.  antibot4navalny, a collective that analyses Russian bot behavior, found that of 4,400 posts since mid-November, the majority targeted France and Germany. A slew of fake news websites have cropped up catering to French audiences — some of which were ...

It’s not voting for Biden. It’s voting against Project 2025

It’s no secret that neither President Joe Biden nor Donald Trump are popular candidates. The reality is, however, we are four months away from the general election and it isn’t feasible for either party to run a viable campaign for a new candidate. The most important thing for voters to remember, though, is that we don’t just vote for an individual when we vote for president. We are also voting for an entire administration and a plan for what the country will look like over the next four years. The Republican Party’s vision for America is summed up in Project 2025, a ...

Discussions about homelessness still front and center

The subject of homelessness and how best to handle it has been front and center in local discussions for well over a year now, but the conversation has taken a more urgent tone since winter. First, it was the struggle to open a warming shelter during the coldest months. Then it was the collapse of Bartlett House. And now, once again, the subject is dominating headlines and public discourse. Under new management As of the end of June, Catholic Charities of West Virginia is on track to take over the triage shelter at Hazel’s House of Hope — if it can get enough funding. And the ...