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Local Columns

Build Economic Freedom for Every West Virginian

As a business owner, common sense conservative, and lifelong West Virginia Republican, I have witnessed a remarkable transformation as Republicans achieved supermajority control of our state legislature over the past decade. When my father, former Congressman David B. McKinley, served in a ...

Utilizing the Right Way To Help Leave a Legacy

All we hear in the news and on social media sites is how many individuals want a “Legacy” to be praised and remembered for in their lives. Well, I hate to disappoint such legacy seekers, but in time, they will be forgotten and erased from existing on Earth. It’s everyone’s fate. ...

Trump’s Right — Time to Return Education to States

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a wave of education innovation has been sweeping across the United States. Parents, student, educators and education advocates alike realized the current one-size-fits-all system was not working and started to seek alternative education pathways that best fits each ...

Morrisey’s Summer School Threat Unlikely To Be Effective

We’re on the countdown to Crossover Day Wednesday, when state Senate bills must cross over to the House of Delegates and vice versa in order to ensure these bills have a chance of making it to passage by midnight on Saturday, April 12, when the 2025 legislative session ends. That means we ...

In West Virginia, Mountaineers Are Always Free. Right?

Since our unusual wartime creation in 1863, West Virginia has always had an independent streak. Mountaineers were meant to be free, after all. And many a West Virginia politician has made a career by railing against mandates from Washington. Our current governor, no less, built his brand by ...

Act on Growth, Education and Child Care in West Virginia

In the wake of the recent flooding that did much damage to several communities in our state, we have seen firsthand the resilience and solidarity of West Virginia’s people. These floods reminded us of the need to better prepare and support our communities for the challenges ahead. From ...