After nearly two years, Gov. Jim Justice has rescinded the state of emergency over jail staffing shortages. It is a cause for celebration — and possibly one […]
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For special session, pick jails over roads
Legislative forecasters predict a special session of the Legislature will be called when lawmakers meet for committee interims Aug. 6-8. The current direction of Gov. Jim Justice’s […]
No ‘critical needs’? Look again
West Virginia ended Fiscal Year 2023 with a $1.847 billion surplus — which is a lot less impressive when you consider the “surplus” is the result of […]
A novel approach to the jail staffing crisis: Just ask
In all the discussion about solving West Virginia’s jail staffing crisis, has anyone bothered to ask the jails’ staff what they need? Gov. Jim Justice has repeatedly […]
There shouldn’t be a special session for jail staffing crisis
There should not be a special session to address the jail staffing crisis. We don’t say this because we don’t support our state’s corrections officers. We say […]
