Rather unexpectedly, the 117th Congress is shaping up to be one of the most productive in recent memory. A new compromise reached by Sen. Joe Manchin and […]
Author: Opinion, The Dominion Post
Legislature dragging us back to the 1800s
On the off chance one needed further confirmation the current Legislature is dragging West Virginia backwards, one need to look no further than the attempts to “clarify” […]
Here’s how to lower prescription costs
In rejecting the pared down Build Back Better Act, Sen. Joe Manchin made clear that the only provision he still supports is codifying Medicare’s ability to negotiate […]
May the literary and photo tour of Children’s be the only tour you need
If you haven’t already, we recommend you read about David Beard’s recent tour of the new WVU Medicine Children’s Hospital, set to open at the end of […]
Vote on EMS levy in Nov.
This November, voters will see a levy to fund Mon EMS on the ballot, now that the Monongalia County Commission has given the proposal its approval. As […]
Secret Service must come clean on missing texts
A time-honored Washington axiom holds that one should never attribute to scandal what could be explained by garden-variety incompetence. In the case of the Secret Service’s mysteriously […]
A federal right to contraception
This week the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to take up the Right to Contraception Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Kathy E. Manning, a Democrat […]
Is there a remedy for W.Va.’s poor ranking?
Statistics are an important tool but rarely the whole picture. There’s no better reminder of this than the announcement Medscape ranked West Virginia the third worst state […]
Boycott will hurt us more than banks
As the window closes for banks to prove they are in compliance with West Virginia’s new rules prohibiting the state from doing business with financial institutions “boycotting” […]
COVID on the rise, but by how much?
Regular readers may have noticed we no longer display COVID-19 case numbers on the front page, nor do we include vaccine/testing information on A-2. The explanation for […]
