Charter schools continue to be a hot-button issue. Despite the fact charter schools have been permissible by state law for about a year now but none have […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Advantages to combining state and local elections
Among the many bills we have our eye on this legislative session is HB 2592, which would require counties and municipalities to hold local elections on the […]
Tanden smart on policy. It’s a shame about the tweets
President Joe Biden’s Cabinet nominations had been moving forward pretty well until the past few days. Now they’ve run into trouble. Neera Tanden (nominated to lead the […]
Femininity punished no longer
For all the bills introduced this legislative session that feel like they’re dragging West Virginia backwards, there are few that are pushing the state forward — and […]
Citizen Parton
If you have recently gone off the grid you may have missed the great singer and country icon Dolly Parton’s latest acts of generosity and humility. Some […]
Bills threaten local newspapers’ survival
It seems like every year, the West Virginia Legislature introduces at least one bill targeted at reducing newspapers’ revenue. This year, there are two. SB 318 and […]
Bills that make us go ‘hmm … ’
Multiple bills introduced in the Legislature this session have made us scratch our heads or raise an eyebrow and ask “What?” or “Why?” Here are a few […]
Time to show us the numbers, Jim
Monday, Gov. Justice had the first of his virtual town halls to sell West Virginians on the elimination of the state personal income tax, which makes up […]
Manchin to preserve filibuster — and an obstructionist Senate
In an interview with Salena Zito for the Washington Examiner last week, Sen. Joe Manchin talked about the Senate as a “deliberative” body: The way we govern […]
Don’t brush off LAPD’s disgusting George Floyd ‘joke’
You’ve got to wonder what went through the minds of Los Angeles police officers who recently circulated a disgusting “joke” about the killing of George Floyd. At […]
