It’s time — or nearly so — to assess what your elected representatives in Charleston did for you and West Virginia during this embarrassment of a regular legislative session. It’s time to take a look at what the people who will very likely be seeking your votes again next time around ...
If a team of master mechanics told you that your brakes are severely worn and that if you continue to drive without making the necessary repairs you run a serious risk of brake failure and a resulting accident, would you instead agree with the 1% or 2%, who work for the brake rotor company that ...
The West Virginia Encyclopedia Online? Deleted from the internet. The West Virginia Folklife Program’s preservation of our unique traditions and culture? Gone. Hundreds of annual History Alive! presentations to schools, libraries, churches, and community centers across West Virginia? ...
The so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” (DOGE) was always a farcical ruse, but the fact that it was never about saving tax dollars; eliminating waste, fraud and abuse; or increasing government operational efficiencies has become even more clear in recent days. Donald Trump has ...
Now that those who rule the roost on Parkersburg City Council managed to essentially silence their constituents, a little bird told me to check the April 8 agenda. And while its contents didn’t exactly ruffle my feathers, and it wasn’t a cardinal sin, I wonder what birdbrain is setting the ...
Over the last few years, election integrity has been a huge topic of discussion in politics. Election integrity is far more than “stolen votes,” mail-in ballot shenanigans and voting machine irregularities. Election integrity is extremely important if we are to have a system that truly ...