One of the good bills moving through the West Virginia Legislature is SB 474, to create a “critical incident review team” to examine when a child known […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 6
Good: HB 4223 — “that the Division of Corrections provide each probationer with physical copies of their birth certificate and Social Security Administration card upon release from […]
Abortion access is popular. Legislators want to ban it entirely
There is a vocal group of extreme anti-abortion West Virginians, but despite their outsized presence in the Capitol’s halls, they are a statistical minority. Several polls show […]
10 years and one pandemic later …
Depending on how you look at it, we’re either more than a week late in congratulating Dr. Lee Smith on his imminent retirement from the Monongalia County […]
Cheat Lake State Park?
Amid all the drama surrounding Lake Lynn Generation and Cheat Lake Park, there is a ray of hope: a resolution introduced in the Legislature to consider making […]
FAFSA shouldn’t be this torturous
The federal government had supposedly made it much easier to apply for college financial aid. Except there was a glitch and students could not access the new […]
Israel takes hostage issue into its own hands with raid
Negotiations designed to secure the release of hostages taken during the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel “were productive and serious,” CNN reported last Tuesday. But […]
HB 4654 does not protect kids
Do you know what bills are currently sitting in the House Judiciary Committee, awaiting lawmakers; attention? Among the 513 bills, there are dozens of authorizations bills for […]
Only 1 protection for women in ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’
We previously opined on the so-called “Women’s Bill of Rights” — HB 5243 — that has absolutely nothing to do with women’s rights and everything to do […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 5
Good: SB 159 — “prohibiting smoking in vehicle when minor 16 or under is present.” This bill passed the Senate and was sent to House Finance. It […]
