So what the heck was Gov. Jim Justice doing at the Governor’s Mansion last week? It’s not like he lives there or anything, despite the state Constitution […]
Editorials
Hub for change in community: Former Ramada site offers options for homeless, social services center
One proverb goes, the secret of getting ahead is getting started. That might best describe the news last week of plans for the former Ramada Inn hotel […]
They surely will go off: Allowing guns on campus only foreshadows a tragedy
“If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don’t put it there.” […]
Counties on horns of a fiscal solution: Lawmakers look to give commissions power to raise revenue with 1 percent sales tax hike
Read our words: Yes, (potential) new taxes. That’s a knock-off of a famous phrase by a presidential candidate at his nominating convention in 1988. It’s uncertain how […]
But we’re not the Founding Fathers: Calls for a constitutional convention pose potential threat to our form of government
We’re not in the habit of opining on resolutions before the Legislature. Unlike actual bills, they typically concern benign issues — naming bridges, designating certain days this […]
A battle neither side chose wisely: Republican-led Legislature, teachers’ unions should have both gone in better direction
The Republican-led Legislature did not choose its battle wisely this time. Today marks the 43rd day of the ongoing 60-day regular legislative session. Of the 1,789 bills […]
Did someonesay an epidemic? Update on state’s pilot project to fightopioid crisis lacks any sense of urgency
“You know I’m an impatient guy. We’ve got to move on this, that’s all there is to it.” Most assumed when Gov. Jim Justice said that on […]
Carry books, not guns, on campus: Measure to allow firearms at schools puts public safety at risk rather than enhances it
Some argue that the proliferation of firearms in public venues curbs gun violence. We think it only triggers it. This week, the House Judiciary Committee hosted a […]
HB 2673 worth a plugged $4M: Measure occupies the middle ground on capping orphaned wells in state
It’s a common argument against any number of issues. Some call it black-and-white thinking, but in recent years most refer to it as a false choice. You […]
Time’s almost up: Delegate Porterfield should resign unless heowns up to his hate and apologizes
Time’s almost up Delegate Eric Porterfield. When news of his hate-filled diatribe was first reported Feb. 6 in a House Government Organization Committee meeting we were appalled. […]
