Chris Cline had a way of staying one step ahead in the volatile coal business. According to a 2017 Forbes Magazine profile, when Cline was 22, his […]
Author: Hoppy Kercheval, WVMetroNews.com
Republicans get on same page, finally
It took a while — ok, it took six months — but Republicans in the state Senate, the House of Delegates and the Republican governor finally got […]
What must we do when a ‘Jobs Act’ creates no jobs
Back in 2001, the West Virginia Legislature passed the West Virginia Jobs Act. The aim was to require companies working on public projects financed all or in […]
A good time for Justice to play his ‘Trump’ card
Gov. Jim Justice is suffering from a lot of slings and arrows right now. Almost daily, there are media reports about one or more of his family’s […]
Bloomberg going after coal and gas
Back during the Obama administration, we heard a lot about the war on coal. The Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama did its level best to strangle […]
Strikes by teachers, other public employees illegal
West Virginia public school teachers and service workers have demonstrated remarkable solidarity during work stoppages the last two years. Clearly, the nine-day strike in 2018 was a […]
Report misses mark on needle exchange program
Last week, the Harm Reduction Journal published a report by Johns Hopkins University critical of the decision last year to shut down the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department’s (KCHD) […]
Education reform is a high, but reachable, peak
The is the climbing season on Mount Everest. It’s the narrow window when conditions are most favorable for individuals to try to make it to the top […]
Where does our state’s public education money go?
Most debates about public education in West Virginia will eventually include the subject of money. Is public education underfunded? Should our outcomes be better considering how much […]
Opioid settlement with McKesson best case scenario
West Virginia is one of the states hit hardest by the opioid crisis. The American Enterprise Institute estimates the annual cost to the state is $8.8 billion […]