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Politicians’ unkept promises

The news can leave you depressed and politics can send your blood pressure through the roof — which is why most people tune out both. (If you’re reading this, you’re probably an exception.) We can rarely avoid the endless campaign ads on TV and radio, so every election season, we get ...

HB 4654 does not protect kids

Do you know what bills are currently sitting in the House Judiciary Committee, awaiting lawmakers; attention? Among the 513 bills, there are dozens of authorizations bills for state agencies and licensing boards; multiple bills related to sex crimes, including ones against children; several ...

Public libraries now open to obscene material display charges

CHARLESTON — Delegates passed legislation opening public and school libraries up to felony charges for the display or dissemination of obscene material to minors. Lawmakers debated the matter for about an hour Friday, with Republicans contending the bill would protect minors from ...