We have mixed feelings about the special session that ended Tuesday. It could have been worse (à la long, expensive ones of the past), but it could also have been better, considering some of things addressed should have been handled during the regular session. On the one hand, Gov. Jim ...
Gov. Jim Justice went on a vetoing spree last week, shooting down the vaccine exemption bill but also killing the research funding for the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and solar power expansion for the state’s utilities. We’ve already applauded the first and lamented the second, ...
On Wednesday, Gov. Jim Justice made the right decision and vetoed HB 5105, which would have exempted virtual public school students from vaccine requirements and allowed private and parochial schools to set their own requirements. (The Catholic Church already announced it would keep with ...
Gov. Jim Justice often says and does nonsensical things. But his veto of research dollars for WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute reaches a whole new level of ludicrousness. HB 5014 would have given $2 million to RNI to support ongoing ultrasound research, specifically to treat ...
by Tom S. Witt As Gov. Jim Justice enters the seventh year of his term, it’s appropriate to start an assessment of the performance of the West Virginia economy during this period. As a reference, the state’s peak non-farm employment was 740,300 in May 2012, which was during Gov. ...
R.I.P Potholes Gov. Jim Justice proudly announced operation “R.I.P Potholes” — an unusual off-season hot-asphalt pothole patching effort. As much as we criticize the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Justice administration about the roads, we have to give them credit ...