Lawmakers should adopt all three bills passing through the Legislature related to foster care. HB 4094 establishes the duties and powers of the Foster Care Ombudsman. HB 4101 lays out […]
Opinion
Is it time to rush some legislation to state hospitals?
There’s not enough time to rush legislation to the state’s rural hospitals. The last day for bills in the Legislature to advance out of their house of origin to the […]
We’re living in post-integrity America
Back during the scandal over his sexual exploitation of an intern, Bill Clinton was pilloried in this space for his moral defects. To which many liberals responded with derision. Morality? […]
Feb. 24 letters to the editor
Residents betrayed by tabled ‘Randy’s Dream’ “We the people” are in dismay over the decision not to send SB 761, “Randy’s Dream” (named for Sen. Randy Smith, R-Tucker) road bill, […]
Greyhound racing wins by a mile in the Senate
In 2017, the effort to save greyhound racing in West Virginia won by a nose at the wire. Both the House of Delegates and the Senate passed a bill eliminating […]
Lives depend on sensible laws
Do you think it is permissible to yell “fire” in a crowded movie theater in order to create a panic? How about whether it is legal to speak to a […]
The reason they support Trump isn’t about Trump
Spend any time with people who supported presidential candidate Donald Trump in 2016 and you quickly find out that the reasons they voted for Trump had very little to do […]
The world is in a bad mood
Many a gloomy doomsayer has gone to his grave disappointed because, despite threatening signs to the contrary, the ever-resilient earth persists. The sun still comes up, the seasons change and […]
Too many accidents on the road really not even ‘accidents’
There’s a pecking order for obeying and enforcing laws. Bet you can guess where traffic laws fall in that pecking order. If not last, almost last. No, we’re not picking […]
Needless tragedies costing a lot more than fixing hillside
Talk about waiting for the other rock to drop. In just minutes of research, we documented a long list of incidents of boulders and debris thundering onto Monongahela Boulevard off […]
