CHARLESTON – Legislative leaders offered a preview on Friday of the 2024 legislative session, which begins Wednesday, Jan. 10. Senate President Craig Blair first offered a quick […]
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State reps take an oath to serve you
Hold them to it The West Virginia Constitution (Article 6-16) requires members of the Legislature to take this oath before entering into their duties: “I do solemnly […]
Delegate Evan Hansen recounts his trip to the COP28 climate conference in Dubai
MORGANTOWN – Delegate Evan Hansen is back from his trip to the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28 in Dubai and talked with The Dominion Post about […]
Girls Who Code show what public schools can do
Mylan Park Elementary’s Girls Who Code Club visited Charleston Monday for “Country Roads Codes Day at the Capitol.” While there, these girls spoke to legislators and visitors […]
December interims: Legislators get a look at risks to energy grid reliability as power goes greener
MORGANTOWN – Legislators got an education Tuesday on the risks and concerns facing the region’s power grid as the energy transition progresses. It was the final day […]
December interims: DOT Secretary Wriston details DOH’s improved performance
MORGANTOWN – People who’ve watched the Division of Highways for years may recall when the answer to nearly every question from legislators was some form of “We […]
Guest essay: W.Va. flourishing as a right-to-work state
by Jordan Maynor In the years since West Virginia adopted right-to-work legislation, our state has witnessed a staggering influx of more than $12 billion in new business […]
Lawmakers ignored reclamation fund issues for 40 years
We’ve said it before: Coal companies would much rather go bankrupt and forfeit their reclamation bonds — a kind of security deposit — to the state than […]
Delegate Evan Hansen to participate in UN COP28 climate conference in Dubai
MORGANTOWN – Delegate Evan Hansen, D-Monongalia, heads to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Monday to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP28. He’ll […]
Where are the heroes our kids need?
“We live in a world in which we need to share responsibility. It’s easy to say ‘it’s not my child, not my community, not my world, not […]
