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Guest essay: GOP: The Party of Labor

by Delegate Evan Worrell President Trump invited the leader of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters to speak at the 2024 Republican National Convention. As a party, Republicans should fully support President Trump’s endorsement of organized labor unions. Three years ago, I ...

Tax cuts bring W.Va. to the brink

Gov. Jim Justice and the Legislature need to check their numbers before they send West Virginia into a financial tailspin. Right now, the state is looking at some very expensive new outlays at the same time tax revenue is decreasing, with new tax cuts about to be triggered and Justice ...

Homeschools need more oversight

In the wake of 14-year-old Kyneddi Miller’s death earlier this year, two of the West Virginia Senate’s top Republicans are calling for a reevaluation — and possible tightening — of the state’s homeschool regulations. Delegate Amy Summers, R-Taylor, chairwoman of the House Committee ...

Preston 8th graders visit capitol with youth leadership seminar

Students learn how West Virginia’s government works Preston County students and teachers from Terra Alta/East Preston, Aurora, West Preston and South Preston returned from a three-day learning experience in Charleston with the Youth Leadership Association’s 8th Grade Youth & ...

Let voters decide on abortion directly

We’re not fans of special legislative sessions (which you already know if you regularly read our editorials). However, every once in a blue moon, they can be justified, and the concurrent May interims and special session showed that they can be done responsibly, without abusing taxpayer ...