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Educators teach legislators about the destructive consequences of disruptive students
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Four West Virginia elementary school educators came before legislators on Monday to explain the dire challenges caused by disruptive students and the devastating effects […]
More than 100 turn out to PEIA hearing to protest proposed changes
MORGANTOWN – More than 100 people – including teachers, state and local public employees and retirees – turned out Tuesday evening at WVU’s Erickson Alumni Center to […]
State Senate Dems lose one seat, but keep one locally in 13th District
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – The state Senate Republican supermajority got a bit more super Tuesday night as the Democrats lost one of their three seats, shifting the balance […]
Republicans and Democrats score victories in local legislative races
DBeard@DominionPost.com MORGANTOWN – West Virginia may be red, but the greater Morgantown area remains purple, with Republican and Democratic candidates scoring victories in contested state legislative races. […]
Gov. Justice comes to WVU, Mylan Park for funding ceremonies
dbeard@dominionpost.com MORGANTOWN – Gov. Jim Justice – and Babydog – came to Morgantown Monday for two ceremonial funding announcements: for WVU’s Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute and for Mylan […]
A look at campaign dollars for contested Morgantown-area legislative races
MORGANTOWN – Only a handful of Morgantown-area legislative races are competitive this year. A look at their campaign finances suggests the advantages of incumbency – for candidates […]
Campus carry flops, but it was never about the guns
Now that college students are back on campus and classes are in full swing, let’s talk about campus carry — the shorthand for a slew of policies […]
Governor, Legislature need to slow down on those tax cuts
The West Virginia Legislature and Gov. Jim Justice have been effective tax cutters. In 2023, the Legislature passed a bill reducing the state’s five marginal tax rates […]
W.Va. vs. drug use: We’re losing
When Jeremiah Samples, senior policy adviser for the Legislature, gave his presentation on West Virginia’s addiction statistics, it was disappointing, though not surprising, to learn the Mountain […]
