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Give vaccine incentive to everyone

Gov. should offer bond to anyone vaccinated The hazard of premature celebration is we end up undermining our own progress. Back at the beginning of March, West Virginia was reporting record lows in daily coronavirus cases. One day, the state reported only 129 confirmed cases — a ...

Gov. Justice open to recreational marijuana legalization

Gov. Jim Justice’s opposition to legalizing marijuana for recreational purposes appears to be softening. Justice opened the door just a crack during a virtual town hall meeting Tuesday, where the governor was again pitching his proposed elimination of the state income tax. A ...

Time to show us the numbers, Jim

Monday, Gov. Justice had the first of his virtual town halls to sell West Virginians on the elimination of the state personal income tax, which makes up nearly half of the state’s tax revenue. And like most sales pitches, there was a lot of glitz and glam (“If we can accomplish this it ...

Justice address leaves questions

As is usual whenever Gov. Jim Justice speaks, we’re left with more questions than answers. For about an hour Wednesday, Justice made grand statements about the current miraculous state of West Virginia and gave a very rosy outlook for the future, citing vague plans. We’re all for ...