The thing about legalese — that strange, mysterious language of laws and binding contracts — is that all it takes is one misplaced punctuation mark, one misspelled word or one accidental phrase substitution to completely change the document’s meaning. Such was the case with HB 5295, ...
Gov. Jim Justice went on a vetoing spree last week, shooting down the vaccine exemption bill but also killing the research funding for the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and solar power expansion for the state’s utilities. We’ve already applauded the first and lamented the second, ...
BY MIKE NOLTING West Virginia House Democrats are presenting a list of items they want on a special session agenda. House Minority Leader Sean Hornbuckle, D-Cabell, said the special session should not be a second attempt for Republicans to pass measures related to their cultural ...
What did we actually get? The 2024 legislative session is history and it appeared to be largely an act of Schadenfreude — that malicious pleasure some people feel when they see another suffering — rather than an organized government body working to move our state forward. We are all ...
Gov. Jim Justice often says and does nonsensical things. But his veto of research dollars for WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute reaches a whole new level of ludicrousness. HB 5014 would have given $2 million to RNI to support ongoing ultrasound research, specifically to treat ...
Former ‘library kid’ will support levy in May I was a library kid instead of a latchkey kid. There was a 30-minute difference between the end of my school day and the end of my mom’s shift. I spent that precious time at my local library every day. The librarians knew me by name. I ...