A recent local news headline read: “Manufacturing plant moving from West Virginia to Ohio, creating new jobs.” This is an unfortunate sign of the times for our state, which has lost the job-creating momentum created after business-friendly Republicans took control back in ...
An increase in rates for those utilizing Wheeling’s municipal water and wastewater systems is, frankly, part of the cost of doing business. It is expensive to maintain those systems — let alone upgrade them. Wheeling City Council members on Tuesday did the responsible thing in voting in ...
If you are one of millions of Americans who watch the news, and are angry about current political events, please permit me to explain how our TV news media works. The media is not paid by you, the American citizen, for the morning news. All of those reporters, journalists, and talking head ...
Well-educated students who are prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st Century are vital to our success as a state. Today’s students will have unprecedented opportunity to succeed in life if they are properly educated and prepared. Earlier this month, West Virginia Board of Education ...
It was not only state officials who noticed a difference in the way the Federal Emergency Management Agency treated West Virginia in June, as opposed to previous interactions. Mountain State residents didn’t just notice it, they felt the consequences. Doug Buffington, acting secretary of ...
For some Ohioans, use of credit cards is a carefully planned luxury — perhaps used to ensure the accumulation of lots of airline or hotel points — for purchases that can be paid off within a month or two. But for Buckeye State residents between the ages of 18 and 34, a recent analysis of ...