West Virginians value independence. We believe in open debate, fair competition, and the idea that taxpayers — not partisan middlemen — should decide where public dollars are spent. That’s why it’s troubling that state and federal agencies increasingly rely on opaque “media rating” ...
Today I removed my name from the ballot for re-election to the Wood County Board of Education. While I have enjoyed serving on the board of education tremendously, my wife and I are currently planning to downsize our home and purchase another residence in Wood County. Being that board members ...
The Parkersburg City Council regular meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 24, wasn’t entirely contentious and unpleasant. Council did vote 7-1 (with only District 3 Councilman Roger Brown voting “no” and District 6 Councilman Mike Reynolds absent) to reinstate open public forum, wherein members of ...
If West Virginia lawmakers are looking to reduce rates on something, there is another issue that should be commanding their attention. The Mountain State’s foster care rate is eight times the national average. It is one of the few categories in which we are — shamefully — first in the ...
More than three years after a disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Congress has continued to sit on its hands rather than upset its friends in the railroad industry by implementing desperately needed rail safety reform. Well, most of Congress, anyway. A few have repeatedly tried to ...
One of the biggest battles of the cold war with the Soviet Union occurred not on the battlefield but on the ice of a smallish hockey rink in the quiet village of Lake Placid, New York. Forty-six years ago, a group of young men, the youngest ever sent to the Olympics by the United States, ...
