West Virginia’s labor force participation rate is 54.5%, last among the fifty states and 8.5 points behind the nation. Here is the part that ought to disarm the partisanship: we have sat at or near the very bottom every year since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began tracking the series in ...
Oct. 6 marked the date of the officially finalized merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery into the mass media company Skydance Corporation, now co-owned by right wing billionaire, Trump acolyte, Oracle co-founder, and number one individual donor to the genocidal Israel ...
According to the latest fall foliage maps, the trees in my lawn and nearby woods should be in moderate color by now, will be in peak color on about Nov. 2, and will be past their peak and drifting toward the ground on about Nov. 9. A glance out the window tells me my trees pay about as much ...
As you enter the voting booth, you may be tempted to vote for the party you always vote for. You may feel that you are being loyal to your family, your close friends, or your long-held beliefs. However, parties change over time, and your favorite party may not be acting in your best ...
If you’ve paid attention to much statewide energy and environmental reporting lately, you know that counties like Tucker, Mason and Putnam have been trying to fend off data center buildout enabled by the 2025 passage of HB 2014 in the West Virginia Legislature. A similar data center fight(s) ...
From a small nation comprised of only thirteen states and 2.5 million people in 1776, the United States of America has grown into the richest, most powerful nation on Earth. We now have 50 states, about 350 million people, a gross domestic product of $32.5 trillion and the largest, most ...
