MORGANTOWN – Legislators got an education Tuesday on the risks and concerns facing the region’s power grid as the energy transition progresses. It was the final day of December interim […]
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December interims: DOT Secretary Wriston details DOH’s improved performance
MORGANTOWN – People who’ve watched the Division of Highways for years may recall when the answer to nearly every question from legislators was some form of “We can’t do it?” […]
Guest essay: W.Va. flourishing as a right-to-work state
by Jordan Maynor In the years since West Virginia adopted right-to-work legislation, our state has witnessed a staggering influx of more than $12 billion in new business investments. This law […]
Lawmakers ignored reclamation fund issues for 40 years
We’ve said it before: Coal companies would much rather go bankrupt and forfeit their reclamation bonds — a kind of security deposit — to the state than clean up their […]
Delegate Evan Hansen to participate in UN COP28 climate conference in Dubai
MORGANTOWN – Delegate Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, heads to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Monday to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28. He’ll be participating in […]
Where are the heroes our kids need?
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not my problem.’ Then […]
State Sen. Ryan Weld leaves attorney general race to run for his Senate seat
MORGANTOWN – The three-way Republican race for state attorney general has become a two-way race. State Sen. Ryan Weld, R-Brooke, announced Wednesday morning that he is leaving the race to […]
The importance of vaccinations
It’s late fall and all the seasonal illnesses are making their rounds: colds, flu, COVID, Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) and other respiratory viruses and infections. Unfortunately, modern medicine doesn’t have […]
Justice set us up for financial crisis
Recently, The Dominion Post Editorial Board met with Kelly Allen from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, and she taught us a few things about how the state’s […]
Legislators learn about shortage of EMS workers
MORGANTOWN – Legislators received a mountain of figures on Tuesday demonstrating that there aren’t enough EMS responders across the state. Delegate Joe Statler, R-Monongalia and co-chair of the Joint Committee […]
