“I’m tearful because I sit here looking at upcoming bills and I’m having to decide to pay a bill or buy groceries.” That’s what one West Virginian wrote to me, but unfortunately, it’s a common theme I’m hearing all across our state. In reality, families in West Virginia ...

I’ve previously spoken about my experiences as an intelligence officer in the United States Air Force and why that experience led me to advocate for a ban of the Chinese-owned app TikTok on state-owned devices. Since issuing that call, legislation has been introduced and quickly passed by the ...

National School Counseling Week 2023 will be observed this coming week. The theme this year is, “School Counselors Helping Students Dream Big,” sponsored by the American School Counselor Association. The counseling week is being held to focus attention on the contribution of school ...

We got a small taste last week of some of the divides within the House of Delegates Republican caucus and a sign of things to come later in the session. The House passed last week Senate Bill 128, clarifying the authority of the governor and Legislature to proclaim and declare states of ...

Three individuals from Marshall County along with representatives from Hancock, Brooke and Ohio Counties were among participants at the annual West Virginia Department of Tourism Day event held at the state Capitol. The Marshall County representatives were Craig White, chairman of the Greater ...

Many recent op-eds in our newspapers have openly questioned whether the freedom to own a firearm will ever be balanced by our right to live in freedom from fear, especially by parents and children victimized by violent shootings in our schools. University professors, psychologists, and ...