Today is primary election day in Ohio. For months, candidates have been knocking on doors and traveling through their districts to meet with constituents. That all ends today when voters go to the polls and take center stage in the process our nation has been using for more than two centuries ...
What an incredible couple of weeks it has been for students at Wheeling Park High School.
Last Tuesday, we lauded the school’s girls basketball squad and also its Speech and Debate team for winning state championships. That was the tip of the iceberg, though.
Park’s “Iron ...
For generations, West Virginia has struggled to improve the quality of the education it provides to its residents.
And, for generations, not much has changed. Once again, according to WalletHub’s “Most and Least Educated States in America 2024,” we are dead last.
“Getting a good ...
When writing about lobbyists in my column last summer, I wrote about Caiden Cowger, a Republican political operative and the president of the Family Policy Council of West Virginia.
While Cowger’s predecessor at the Family Policy Council, Allen Whitt, was a registered lobbyist with the West ...
While the weather may make it a little easier to spend time outside, Ohioans tempted to use the opportunity to fire up the burn pile and get rid of some yard waste might want to take a look at the rules for doing so.
According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry, ...
If there’s one thing that’s certain, it’s this: Government will always find ways to collect more tax dollars from you, and also ways to spend that money.
Consider the tax burden each citizen in Wheeling currently bears when it comes to funding the municipal budget.
A decade ago, the ...