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Opinion

High Court Under Ideological Attack

Editorials

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, appearing at the University of Louisville’s law school, was asked about eroding confidence in the Supreme Court. “I think my court would probably gather more public support if it went a little more slowly in undoing precedent,” she said, according to the ...

Cost Of Groceries Is Hitting W.Va. Harder

Editorials

If you have experienced pain at the grocery check-out lately — and not because you still haven’t mastered ringing up your own produce — you’re not alone. In fact, according to a WalletHub study, “States Where People Spend the Most and Least on Groceries,” West Virginia is second ...

Heart to Heart

Local Columns

I’m writing this on Valentine’s Day, three days into the 60-day legislative session, and if Gov. Patrick Morrisey and some members of the Republican caucus in the House of Delegates have love for each other, I’m having a hard time seeing the floating hearts. Morrisey presented his first ...

Creating Stronger Future for W.Va.

Editorials

During his first State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey painted West Virginia as being at the start of a “comeback.” If that is the case, it is a resurgence long overdue. Our challenge now is to engineer that comeback with a focus so strong it is not slowed by those ...

World’s Biggest Business Needs Common Sense

Local Columns

Parts of West Virginia are less than an hour’s drive from Washington, but the two places could not be any more different. It’s not about the size of the cities or how many people live there, it’s about the way we think. It’s about culture, priorities and how we approach government. ...

Property Tax Fiasco

Letters to the Editor

Editor, News-Register: Does everyone in the Belmont County courthouse and elected representatives in Columbus hate property owners? Over 300 upset property owners gathered at Undo’s (Wednesday) to plan self-defense measures concerning the highest property tax increases in Ohio history. ...