As the United States of America celebrates 250 years of freedom, Look Back will, on occasion, continue highlighting important events of the Revolutionary War. Readers are asked to support the many local events that will also be offering remembrances of those who fought for, died for, supported ...
There are many firsts for me this legislative session. One of them has been the budget bill moving earlier than I or many other experienced Capitol dwellers have ever seen it move. The state Senate and House of Delegates came to a compromise on the budget bill on day 51. This was done for the ...
Every day, I work with communities that are ready to grow. A region with available land, capable workforce, and a determination to compete. What we often lack are the tools to move at the speed modern industry demands. That is why the West Virginia House of Delegates’ passage of House Bills ...
Fourth grade became a rough year for me when “Tex”, a big sixth-grader moved in. I was a scrawny fourth-grader. Tex was a bully who made me and my friends’ lives miserable. None of us told our teachers or parents. We were afraid of what Tex would do to us. One day walking home from ...
This letter is being offered to notify you that I am giving my total endorsement and support to Jeffrey Sandy in his bid to run for the West Virginia House of Delegates. I first met Jeff when he was a young Treasury Special Agent and I was a young West Virginia State Trooper. It was the 1970s ...
Sen. Michael Azinger has written a passionate op-ed in these pages about protecting West Virginia taxpayers from wasteful government spending on advertising. It’s a worthy goal. There’s just one problem: The supposed villain of his story — NewsGuard, where I work — has received ...
