A new Republican poll indicates that West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice has the best chance to win the U.S. Senate seat in 2024 now held by […]
Hoppy Kercheval
W.Va. as a risk capital investor
For years, we have heard the question asked in West Virginia: What is the state doing to improve and diversify its economy? The question is rooted in […]
Senate plan means tax cut talks can begin in earnest
Last week I wrote that Gov. Justice, Senate and House leaders needed to get together to begin serious negotiations on a tax reduction plan. In fairness, at […]
How Justice and Senate Republicans get to ‘yes’
Gov. Jim Justice wants to negotiate. The West Virginia governor said on Talkline Wednesday that he is ready and willing to try to get a deal with […]
W.Va. legislators making unemployment benefit changes
West Virginia legislators are trying once again to make long overdue improvements to the state’s unemployment benefits program. The Senate on Monday passed and sent to the […]
Campus gun bill advances in Senate
Campus carry is back. The Senate Judiciary Committee has advanced SB 10, the Campus Self-Defense Act with only minimal opposition, and now it goes to the full […]
The super-duper majorities in the W.Va. Legislature
The 2023 regular session of the West Virginia Legislature began this week with the Republicans in absolute control of the agenda. The 2022 election and party switches […]
I am still here
I almost retired. In fact, this time last year I was 90% certain 2022 would be my last year as host of Talkline and a full-time employee […]
A bipartisan bridge
During a town hall meeting in Cincinnati in July 2021, President Biden promised to “fix that damn bridge.” He was talking about the antiquated Brent Spence Bridge […]
Stanford’s bad words
Words do matter, and we engage in an ongoing process of retiring certain words and adding new ones. Often words become taboo because they are offensive. That […]
