Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat its mistakes. Unless, of course, they don’t think history’s “mistakes” are actually mistakes. At a meeting with Mineral County residents in early December, Sen. Randy Smith (R-Tucker) announced that he will be the lead ...
Where to even begin? Let us set the scene: It’s Dec. 15, and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources tweets out an image of two men (ostensibly a gay couple) lying side-by-side on the floor while one holds a baby aloft and the other makes a funny face. Along with the ...
One of the few good things to come out of the West Virginia Legislature this past year has been nothing more than an empty promise. In 2021, the Legislature cobbled together a workgroup that toured the state’s coalfields, holding listening sessions and townhalls in former coal towns ...
Piggybacking off this past year’s law mandating teachers catalogue classroom libraries and provide that information to parents or guardians on request, some lawmakers are already preparing for a possible book banning spree. But ... “You gotta be careful,” said incoming Sen. Jay ...
It’s the year 2022, and somehow we are still equivocating over when sexual assault and/or abuse is acceptable. Monongalia County Prosecutor Perri Jo DeChristopher addressed legislators Monday and asked them to repeal the exemption that allows spouses to get away with sexually abusing ...
Less than a month after the midterm elections, the West Virginia Legislature’s Republican supermajority added one more member. Not through any democratic process, mind you, but because Putnam County Sen. Glenn Jeffries pulled a Jim Justice and switched from blue to red. Jeffries was ...