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Preston Chamber of Commerce hosts legislators

KINGWOOD -- The Preston County Chamber of Commerce brought five items of concern it would like to see addressed by the county’s legislators during the upcoming legislative session at a legislative kickoff event Thursday evening. The most important item to the area, chamber president Bo ...

Guest essay: Don’t chop up counties when redistricting

by Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer Our state constitution uses mandatory language to spell out how redistricting is to be conducted. In Article 1, section 4 and Article 6, sections 4-10, the word “shall” is used 26 times. The West Virginia Supreme Court has held repeatedly that ...

Do lawmakers understand what they are banning?

Lawmakers should have to prove they understand the subject about which they are trying to pass legislation before that legislation can be enacted. If that were the case, virtually all legislation relating to Critical Race Theory would fail. It took a little while, but Fox News TV’s ...

Guest essay: Dear Manchin: Support paid family, medical leave

by Sen. Stephen Baldwin and Delegate Doug Skaff As fellow Democratic lawmakers, we appreciate your commitment to advancing legislation that benefits West Virginians. We write to voice our support for efforts to enact paid family and medical leave so no worker has to choose between ...