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Education: Lawmaker power grab should be rejected

For a group so fond of dragging out terms such as “nanny state” and “overreach” when the mood suits them, it should be more of a surprise when they push measures meant to claw control of local decision-making back for themselves. But members of the West Virginia Legislature have ...

Stunts: West Virginia lawmakers must address real needs

One is tempted to wonder who in the motorcycle insurance industry got hold of state lawmakers this year, after discussion of a couple of motorcycle-related ideas in the House of Delegates. House Bill 2752 has actually been dubbed a “freedom from leg cramps bill” by state Del. Chris ...

Vaccines: Exemption’s removal was the right call

Members of West Virginia’s House Health and Human Services Committee have injected a measure of common sense responsibility into the conversation about vaccine requirements for public and private school students in the state. When state Senate Bill 460 made its way over to the House of ...

NCAA: Morrisey’s tantrum serves no good purpose

Mountaineers — always free, sure; but also, always willing to be good sports, take responsibility, accept when things don’t go our way without whining about it, and focus on what is really important for our state and our families. We don’t run to legal action and investigations every ...

Legislature: Lawmakers ignoring the vital issues

We have now sailed past the halfway mark of the West Virginia Legislature’s 60-day regular session. After quick movement during the past few sessions on issues important to West Virginia’s future, lawmakers have, at least to date, focused primarily on social and cultural matters along with ...

High Points of the Valley

* Mid-Ohio Valley Fellowship Home Executive Director Brandy Blatt should be pleased with the degree to which the home fulfills its mission — and won the respect of the West Virginia First Foundation. The Fellowship Home received $80,000 from the foundation to provide recovery support ...