by Bill Torpy The Atlanta History Center’s new documentary about Stone Mountain has lots of grainy black-and-white film of the Ku Klux Klan rallying atop the big rock. Then the storyline gets more unsettling. It has color film of a cross burning in 1973, just a year after the ...
Former state Sen. William A. Craven played a major role in the creation of Cal State San Marcos, a school where more than 40% of the undergraduates are Latino. His name graces a building and two roads on campus; there’s also a bust of him. At the same time, Craven said some reprehensible ...
Model legislation written by lobbyists, introduced by state lawmakers If delegates are going to have the audacity to copy and paste a bill, then introduce it in the West Virginia House, they should at least know what’s in the legislation they’re promoting. HB 2174 — the West ...
MORGANTOWN – A two-hour House debate on a bill doesn't necessarily mean the vote will be close, and it wasn't close on the so-called Confederate monuments bill Friday. HB 2174 passed 70-28 and goes to the Senate. But it stirred a lot of amendments and passionate speeches. Democrats ...
MORGANTOWN – The House Government Organization Committee on Monday approved a bill opponents say is aimed at keeping Confederate monuments on state Capitol grounds. It will head to the full House next. HB 2174 is called the West Virginia Monument and Memorial Protection Act. The presence ...