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Justice lashes out at reporter

Gov. Jim Justice is notoriously thin skinned. His world view is divided between those who he perceives as 100% on board with him, while on the other side is anyone who does not share his perspective or dares to question him. That especially holds true with the press. Justice apparently ...

With lawsuits, hold govt. accountable, but leave art alone

In early July, shortly after the new murals in the Capitol Rotunda were revealed, two presuit notices were filed contesting the artwork and the process leading to its installation. The murals went from being a run-of-the-mill improvement project to a media sensation and lightning rod for ...

W.Va. Child Protective Services needs sunlight

Last October, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in Sissonville to investigate a report of suspected child abuse. When they arrived, the police made a shocking discovery. Two young teenagers were locked in a small shed. Another child, a 3-year-old, was alone in the ...

The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 1

Welcome to the first “The Good, the Bad and the Stupid” of the 2024 regular legislative session. For those who are unfamiliar with this annual tradition: Every Friday while the West Virginia Legislature is in session, we do a roundup of bills, rank them as good, bad or stupid and tell you ...

Small but welcome step in prying open AI’s black box

by Parmy Olson Sorry, OpenAI. The European Union is making life for the leaders of artificial intelligence much less private. A newly agreed draft of the region’s upcoming AI Act will force the maker of ChatGPT and other companies to share previously hidden details about how they ...

Gov’t agencies, officials owe us more transparency

Gov. Jim Justice has made an art form out of speaking much but saying little, and his meaningless verbal abstractions were on full display at a news briefing earlier this month as he non-answered questions about West Virginia jails’ myriad problems. If you sifted through enough of the ...