Gov. Jim Justice called for Wednesday to be a Day of Prayer in West Virginia, as our citizens adjust to life under the threat of the COVID-19 […]

Last month I wrote a commentary about Alzheimer’s cruel toll in West Virginia. According to the West Virginia Alzheimer’s Association, 38,000 West Virginians are living with the […]

One of the ways municipalities can annex land is through the “minor boundary adjustment” provision in the state code. That method requires no approval by owners of […]

The first lawsuit over the suspicious deaths at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Hospital in Clarksburg has been filed. This is the first of many. The suit […]

The effort to phase out the state’s property taxes on machinery, equipment and inventory, and on vehicles has died in the Senate. Proponents — all Republicans — […]

In 2017, the effort to save greyhound racing in West Virginia won by a nose at the wire. Both the House of Delegates and the Senate passed […]

In 2018, two to three West Virginians died every day on average from drug overdoses. Figures from the West Virginia Health Statistics Center for 2018 — the […]

Cynics have often argued that members of the West Virginia Legislature can get away with anything. That was generally frustrated hyperbole. But now, perhaps they really can […]

On Talkline, when anything concerning the Commonwealth of Virginia comes up, I often refer to our eastern neighbor as “The Mothership.” We were carved from Virginia during […]

The latest figures compiled by the Secretary of State’s Office show the precipitous decline of registered Democrats in the West Virginia continues. The data show that the […]