by Mollie McCartney Cecil On Feb. 28, PEIA announced that it was going to stop coverage of anti-obesity medications effective March 15. This includes both pill and […]
Opinion
Guest essay: Did Gov. Justice really take us for a ‘rocket ship’ ride?
by Tom S. Witt As Gov. Jim Justice enters the seventh year of his term, it’s appropriate to start an assessment of the performance of the West […]
Judge slaps down Big Pharma’s attack on drug price cuts
by Michael Hiltzik The pharmaceutical industry’s all-out attack on President Joe Biden’s drug negotiation initiative for Medicare — comprising nine federal lawsuits (so far) and lots of […]
Remembering when pro athletes lived next door
by Cory Franklin A friend of mine who lives in Cleveland recently told me a story that calls to mind a time before sports were fundamentally altered […]
Editorial Encore: Project 2025: A plan to destroy democracy
EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial is adapted from one that ran Sept. 8, 2023. “Led by the long-established Heritage Foundation think tank and fueled by former Trump administration […]
20 years of data shows no link between mailed ballots, illegal voting
by Steven Rosenfeld It is an article of faith among those who do not believe Donald Trump lost in 2020 that mailing ballots to voters increases illegal […]
Surge pricing leaves behind bad taste
by Leonard Greene After the Five Guys franchise went viral the other day over a $12 burger, the joke making its way around the internet was that […]
The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 8
Good: HB 5516 — “prohibiting the use of deep fake images for the nonconsensual disclosure of private intimate images; prohibiting the unlawful depiction of nude or partially […]
Women’s History Month: An observance with significance
by F. Willis Johnson The historical significance of Women’s History Month should not be understated. It was born out of the need to acknowledge the often-overlooked achievements […]
Legislature faces big decision on state unemployment program
Here is a question West Virginia legislators always need to ask themselves, especially in the closing days of a session: Is it better to do something or […]
