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?” The list of reasons included lack of money and lack of personnel. Department of Transportation Secretary Jimmy ...
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 undeniably has ushered in an era of unprecedented growth, luring companies that may not ...
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 own abandoned mines, because the bonds are a fraction of the actual reclamation costs. Which is why it’s no ...
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 two panel discussions, on Wednesday and Friday, he said. He told The Dominion Post he's ...
“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 there are those who see the need and respond. I consider these people my heroes.” — Fred Rogers For years, West Virginia ...
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 seek reelection to his Senate seat. That leaves state Auditor J.B. McCuskey and state Sen. Mike ...