Commission + council = things getting done It would be an act of kindness for anyone to suggest that the progress made by the present Congress is anything less than a disaster. The members of the evenly divided Congress play to their base or their political party, forgetting about the ...
We have heard over and over how West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin occupies a strategically powerful position. The 50-50 tie in the Senate means President Joe Biden and the Democrats need every vote, plus a tie-breaking vote from Vice President Kamala Harris, to move their agenda. Manchin also ...
Protestors shouldn’t get front-page photos It has happened again! I opened the paper Saturday, Sept. 4, to find a photo of mothers in Preston County protesting the mandating of mask-wearing. The Sunday, Aug. 29, front-page photo of healthcare workers protesting mandating COVID-19 ...
by Sen. Stephen Baldwin and Delegate Doug Skaff As fellow Democratic lawmakers, we appreciate your commitment to advancing legislation that benefits West Virginians. We write to voice our support for efforts to enact paid family and medical leave so no worker has to choose between ...
In his op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin proclaimed that he won’t vote for a reconciliation package carrying a $3.5 trillion price tag.* *What he actually says, if you can make it around the paywall, is he won’t vote for it “without greater clarity about why ...
‘Your rights stop where mine begin’ As an older and somewhat immune-compromised person, I could not wait to be fully vaccinated so that I could function as normally as possible. Masking is not always comfortable, but it sure beats getting sick or infecting someone else. This all ...