There’s nothing quite like listening to bureaucrats and corporate representatives bicker while something of vital importance to ordinary citizens hangs in the balance. But that’s just what happened last week when West Virginia Public Service Chairwoman Charlotte Lane had to call out ...
Ohio lawmakers are being asked to consider House Bill 269, the THRIVE Act. It’s the kind of sneaky legislation that sounds good on the surface, but even the merest of peeks reveals its flaws. “Not later than January 1, 2026, the department of education and workforce shall develop a model ...
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., had an op-ed published in the June 5 edition of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel titled “Pulling the plug on the EV mandate” that was absolutely farcical. The first comically absurd aspect of the piece was when Sen. Capito referred to “Congress’s ...
I am proud to be the business manager/secretary-treasurer of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 53, representing construction workers in the finishing trades in parts of Ohio, Maryland, Kentucky, Virginia, and right here in West Virginia. Workers in ...
The framers of the Constitution added ten amendments, called the Bill of Rights, to protect individuals’ rights from being infringed by the government. A democratic government is one in which the people hold political power and, in this country, exercise that power through elected ...
You’re tying your shoes and that last tug breaks the lace. When it happens to me, I utter something likely to spoil the breakfast cloth, but no more. I have a pair of Wolverine work boots that have honored me for about 20 years, maybe longer. They still look good. Laces have not stood the ...