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Get School Reform Right
February 8, 2012 Twenty percent of the young Ohioans who enter the state’s public education system don’t graduate from high school. The average is much worse — 35 percent — in urban areas. Ohio Gov. more »»
Improve Higher Education, Too
February 8, 2012 Part of Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State speech involved higher education and the need for improvement there, as well as in public schools. more »»
Wells Academy A Model School
February 7, 2012 Governors and presidents making annual “State of the State” or “State of the Union” speeches often invite guests they introduce in their addresses. more »»
Drug Tests Can Protect Miners
February 7, 2012 Many of the safety violations and accidents investigated by the West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training are relatively minor in nature - though, of course, no lapse in an... more »»
Steubenville Good Choice for Speech
February 7, 2012 Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s decision to present his State of the State speech in Steubenville today made history. more »»
Improve Senate’s Bill on ‘Texting’
February 7, 2012 “Texting” while driving is exceedingly dangerous. more »»
Cleaning Up Martins Ferry
February 6, 2012 While Martins Ferry authorities should not attempt to become neatness police, it is clear Mayor Paul Riethmiller’s determination to clean up the community is long overdue. more »»
Defending Ohio’s Hemlock Trees
February 6, 2012 An extremely unwelcome immigrant has come to Ohio. It is the hemlock wooly adelgid, a tiny creature that feeds on — and destroys — its namesake tree. more »»
Improve Teacher Quality in W.Va.
February 5, 2012 It is distressing enough that a national school quality program gives West Virginia low marks for how it prepares and manages teachers. more »»
More, Not Less Flexibility Needed
February 5, 2012 Too often, public school teachers and administrators are told by state legislature and Congress they simply must get better — and then they are informed of new rules that make it more difficult to... more »»
Restrict Ownership Of Wild Animals
February 5, 2012 If you want to keep a pet gray squirrel in West Virginia, fine. But if your goal is to show off a snow leopard, think again. more »»
Speed May Be Key to Success
February 4, 2012 It appears decisions on where to build at least one of the “cracker” plants state officials want to bring to West Virginia are within weeks, perhaps days, of being made. more »»
Register to Vote In Primary Election
February 4, 2012 If you plan to vote in Ohio’s primary election March 6, you will have to be registered. If you are not registered already, you have until Monday to go to your county board of elections and sign up. more »»
Monitor OPEB Plan Carefully
February 3, 2012 West Virginia House of Delegates members should approve an “OPEB” paydown plan that sailed through the state Senate this week. That is obviou. more »»
Guard Against Synthetic Drugs
February 3, 2012 Not so long ago, it was not terribly difficult for parents to keep up with substances their children might be abusing. The list was short and, for many years, stable. No more. more »»
Steubenville Has Chance to Shine
February 3, 2012 Steubenville Mayor Domenick Mucci is absolutely right about how the community should receive visitors coming in Tuesday to hear Gov. John Kasich’s State of the State speech. more »»
Deterring Safety Violations in Mines
February 3, 2012 Coal mines appear to have become safer places to work last year, U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration head Joe Main said Thursday in Charleston. more »»
Set Priorities For Highways
February 2, 2012 Important highway construction projects in Ohio have been pushed so far back on the state’s schedule they might as well not be there at al. more »»
Cutting Marshall County Tax Rates
February 2, 2012 Property values in Marshall County skyrocketed by $278 million during the past year, county Assessor Chris Kessler reported Tuesday. more »»
Honoring the Last Doolittle Raiders
February 2, 2012 Here’s an opportunity for a philanthropist to do something worthwhile, or for a company to earn public relations benefits: After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Americans were both determined to... more »»
‘Sexting’ Questions Cause for Concern
February 2, 2012 A Kanawha County magistrate got into some hot water because of comments he made to high school students last wee. more »» |
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