by Charlene Marshall and Clif Moore West Virginians are extremely patriotic people and have rightfully and enthusiastically watched the debate over campaign finance and election reforms closely as it evolves in Washington, D.C., because it signals how strong our democracy is. Our ...
by Max Richtman Seniors who voted safely and securely by mail in the 2020 election may find that it isn’t so easy next time, thanks to restrictive laws enacted by the state legislatures across the country. The majority in the U.S. Congress rightly perceives those laws as a threat to ...
MORGANTOWN – Sen. Shelley Moore Capito shared her thoughts with West Virginia press Thursday on the ongoing chaos in Afghanistan, the southern border crisis and the new Freedom to Vote Act. “It was a rushed and hurried exit,” she said of Afghanistan. “Quite frankly, I think it was ...
by Judy K. Ball In 2021, West Virginia’s Legislature considered one significant voter suppression bill. Senate Bill 565 would have eliminated the most popular early voting day (the Saturday before Election Day) and made purging of voter rolls more aggressive. SB 565 passed easily ...
He said many profound things that day. He said America had given African Americans “a bad check.” He said he had come to remind the nation of “the fierce urgency of now.” He said we might hew “out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.” He said, “I have a ...
So far, President Joe Biden has been a disappointment. Six months into his presidency, with Democratic control of the House and Senate, he has failed on a number of promises. But we have a bone to pick with him over the filibuster, in particular. A single Senate procedure — ...