Manchin voting on W.Va. youths’ future As a West Virginia resident and person who has family in West Virginia, I unfortunately will have to leave the state unless Sen. Manchin votes for budget reconciliation. One of West Virginia’s largest issues is that young people like myself are ...
by Doyle McManus The battle over Democrats’ ambitious spending plan is heating up in Congress, but one piece of the outcome is already clear: The $3.5 trillion price tag is being whittled down. That will disappoint progressives, who see the budget plan as their best chance in a ...
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 ...
by Byron York President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer have based the future of the entire Democratic agenda on a trick. And now many Democrats are increasingly concerned — terrified, actually — that the trick won’t ...
by Dr. Diana Bernstein As a climate scientist in the deep South, I am often asked whether climate change is real. My usual response is to say, “Look out the window.” As I type this in mid-September, 5.5 inches of rain have inundated our town, Hattiesburg, Miss., in six hours. ...
To the First Lady of W.Va. and her staff I wanted to personally thank First Lady of West Virginia Cathy Justice for the opportunity for my English students in Monongalia County to participate in her essay contest “Renaming the State of West Virginia.” Not only was this topic ...