dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – West Virginia’s four 2025 congressional delegation members are wealthy. It ranges from comfortably wealthy to staggeringly wealthy. Here’s a look. The four members are […]
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Where Harris, Trump stand on issues is less important than you think
by Dave Anderson Candidates for president of the United States typically run for office as though they were running for prime minister in a parliamentary democracy where […]
The far left won’t be badly missed
The hard-line pro-Palestinian group Within Our Lifetime has been protesting against, of all people, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders. Where did the New York congresswoman […]
Congress can still do the right thing on bump stocks
A recent Supreme Court decision striking down the Trump administration’s ban on bump stocks was a setback for public safety, but only a temporary one — provided […]
U.S. primary care can’t withstand the next pandemic
An unprecedented strain of bird flu is spreading among dairy cattle in the U.S. An outbreak of a flesh-eating bacteria has infected more than 1,000 people in […]
With or without Chevron, clearer laws are essential
Among the many rulings the Supreme Court handed down this term, a decision on so-called Chevron deference could prove especially consequential. The question at issue was whether […]
UMWA condemns U.S. House subcommittee move to defund enforcement of new MSHA black lung silica dust rule
MORGANTOWN – In April, miners and mining labor leaders met with U.S. Department of Labor Acting Secretary Julie Su in Uniontown, Pa., to celebrate DOL’s final rule […]
Capito-led nuclear energy bill heads to president’s desk
MORGANTOWN – The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that includes a bill to advance deployment of nuclear power led by Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and two […]
America’s tax cut era has outlasted its welcome
by Kathryn Anne Edwards For more than two decades, America has pursued a policy as costly as the New Deal of the 1930s or the Great Society […]
Contraception bill vote previews next fight over rights
It is infuriating as well as alarming that the U.S. Senate on Wednesday failed to pass the Right to Contraception Act, a straightforward bill that would guarantee […]
