by Amanda Carpenter West Virginia should be proud of how well it performed during the 2020 election. When confronted with the challenges of the pandemic, Gov. Jim […]
Tag: voting
Sept. 19 letters to the editor
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 […]
Senate votes 50-50, and the dysfunction continues
by David L. Nevins This week, our congressional dysfunction continued as the vote on the For the People Act was along purely partisan lines with a vote […]
Small businesses call for support from Sen. Manchin
SHEPHERDSTOWN – A group of West Virginia small businesses launched a coalition Tuesday to call on Sen. Joe Manchin to support a piece of federal legislation that […]
Star City canvasses votes
STAR CITY – A special meeting was held Tuesday night for Star City Council members to address various matters, one being the canvassing of votes from last […]
Advice to Dems on voting rights
by Doyle McManus The Democrats’ sprawling voting rights bill, known on Capitol Hill as HR 1, is dead. Officially, the bill is still clinging to life. But […]
Manchin against the people
A week ago, Sen. Joe Manchin announced in a Charleston Gazette-Mail op-ed he would not support HR 1/S 1, also known as the For the People Act. […]
Guest essay: The conservative case for the For the People Act
by Hunter Hardway Usually I agree with politicians in my party. I am a proud Republican. But recently, I’ve noticed Secretary of State Mac Warner, of my […]
Guest essay: H.R.1 has bipartisan public support. Manchin must support it, too
by Ash Orr It’s not too often that you get a whole room of people — especially a room of politicians — to agree on a contentious […]
Morgantown Votes
MORGANTOWN — Morgantown City Council newcomers Patrick Hathaway (1st Ward), Ixya Vega (3rd Ward), Danielle Trumble (5th Ward) and Brian Butcher (7th Ward) got the support of […]