I’ve been writing about Congress since the late 1980s, watching as filibusters in the Senate evolved from rare and usually doomed efforts by fringe factions into what […]
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Guest essay: Congress needs to deliver on clean water for W.Va.
by Delegate Evan Hansen From lead pipes to dirty drinking water, West Virginians have been forced to put up with aging, unreliable water infrastructure for decades. Now, […]
Guest essay: West Virginia needs the Local Radio Freedom Act
by Fred Persinger Congress recently stood up for economic growth and the future of West Virginia’s local radio stations by introducing the Local Radio Freedom Act, a […]
Why is Congress forcing a pay cut on Guard troops?
The mob of Donald Trump supporters that unleashed an insurrection on the Capitol building Jan. 6 put Washington, D.C. — and the rest of the country — […]
GOP arguments against effective IRS are ridiculous
Building and repairing roads, bridges and other public works projects is one of the few acts of government that draw bipartisan support — at least in theory. […]
Manchin is a swing vote … again. This time on ATF nominee
It is time for another episode of “Manchin in the Middle.” West Virginia’s Democratic U.S. senator is again a key vote on a pending issue where the […]
Gov.’t can fund SpaceX but not infrastructure?
There’s a fine line between a public-private partnership and a government handout. A private-public partnership would be akin to the West Virginia Legislature approving $37 million in […]
Morgantown woman featured in ad promoting legislation to lower prices of prescription drugs
MORGANTOWN — A Morgantown woman is appearing in a just-launched ad that’s part of a national campaign to lower prescription drug prices. Mindy Salango is a Type […]
When Congress becomes a circus
by Laura Packard I know a thing or two about the intoxication of instant fame. When then-President Donald Trump blocked me on Twitter a few years ago […]
Shh … Congress is working
by Matthew Yglesias The news from Washington last week, as usual, was grim. Senate Republicans blocked legislation to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 […]
