MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University Master’s of Public Administration students gathered in front of the Mountainlair Tuesday in an effort to bring awareness to campus carry policies. […]
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March 21 letters to the editor
Commonsense bill to help working women I am writing today to express strong support for a set of bills that will strengthen West Virginia’s workforce and help […]
Feb. 28 letters to the editor
Reader grateful for the local newspaper I am very grateful for The Dominion Post. Most recently, it was Jim Bissett’s piece about our remarkable former mayor Charlene […]
Urge representatives to support Fairness Act
by Rayna Momen and Dr. Megan Gandy Each year in the West Virginia Legislature, a number of discriminatory bills are proposed against entire segments of the state’s […]
Bills threaten local newspapers’ survival
It seems like every year, the West Virginia Legislature introduces at least one bill targeted at reducing newspapers’ revenue. This year, there are two. SB 318 and […]
House bill seeks to take back control of state of emergency
HB 2003 is on its way to the House of Delegates floor. The new bill clarifies state of preparedness vs. state of emergency; powers of the governor […]
What Congress can learn from W.Va.’s Legislature
It’s not often we suggest that the national government can learn something from West Virginia. This is not about vaccine distribution, although West Virginia has certainly set […]
State election highlights in 2020: Justice returns to office, red shift accelerates
2020 was the pandemic year, but it was also an election year. And while Trump-Biden dominated the headlines, state-level elections with more direct bearing on our day-to-day […]
Stephen Baldwin elected Minority Leader by Senate Democrats
Newsroom@DominionPost.com CHARLESTON — Sen. Stephen Baldwin, D-Greenbrier, was elected Minority Leader by the Democratic Caucus of the West Virginia Senate. “I am deeply honored that my colleagues […]
Mon, Marion voters help strengthen GOP control of Legislature; this is last election for multi-member House districts
MORGANTOWN — Voters in Monongalia and Marion counties helped turn West Virginia’s red Legislature even redder on Tuesday. Based on the unofficial results – nothing’s official until […]
