“There’s not some pot of money that we’ll throw at this and make all these problems go away.” That was the Morgantown city manager’s response to a […]
Editorials
Governor should have ensured funds for flood recovery were used to rebuild homes
No one was forced to step down in light of the RISE West Virginia scandal today. Though this scandal has yet to rise to the scope of […]
New report on high court spending another reason to end autonomy for judicial budget
It adds up to a simple case of easy come, easy go … of taxpayer dollars. Last weekend, a legislative subcommittee heard a report that takes the […]
Legislature needs to provide more oversight to executive branch agencies’ spending
The Governor’s Mansion is not the only vacant floor space costing the state dearly. The state auditor’s office will report today to a legislative committee that the […]
Promise of big foreign investment in gas industry starting to look nebulous
No, eight months don’t make two decades. But the size of the headlines in November, heralding an $83 billion investment in West Virginia over 20 years by […]
If turnout for debate on forest ever reflects turnout for voting
There is rarely ever any reason to make your words soft and sweet about voters. That is, voters who don’t show up for elections, because you’ll probably […]
Global survey finds U.S. citizens hold 46 percent of all firearms in civilian hands
Few are probably interested in changing our national motto, “In God We Trust,” again. After all, it’s stood the test of more than 60 years after being […]
Indictment of state high court justice smears cake all over the face of the public’s trust
So much for Happy Birthday, West Virginia. No, our state’s never had the monopoly on political corruption, but sometimes you cannot help but think we wrote the […]
Separating children from migrant parents as a bargaining chip cruel and un-American
This is no case of putting out fire with gasoline. Indeed, the Trump administration’s separation policy looks more like pouring fuel onto ashes. Separating immigrant children from […]
$5.2 million asking price for 40 acres of woodland not even in the realm of reason
As haymakers go, the appraised value of this property is enough to knock down this proposal. Morgantown’s City Council will decide tonight whether to pay $5.2 million […]