At least one expert was disappointed by Ohio’s performance in the National Assessment of Educational Progress report card. Aaron Churchill, Ohio research director for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, called the report “disappointing.” “Mirroring national trends, Ohio’s reading ...

Members of the state House Health and Human Resources Committee did the right thing this past week by voting down House Bill 2007, which would have repealed the Certificate of Need program that helps make quality healthcare accessible to all West Virginians. But on this matter, Gov. Patrick ...

West Virginia’s Polymer Alliance Zone is growing, and that’s good news for counties along the Ohio River in desperate need of greater economic development support. With the addition of Ohio, Marshall and Wetzel counties, the PAZ now covers ten counties along the river — from Ohio to ...

While Bill Johnson was serving Ohio’s 6th district in Congress, he tried twice — in 2021 and 2023 — to introduce legislation that would help Americans (particularly those living in rural areas) have easier access to broadband internet. His successor, Republican U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli, ...

It’s amazing to see how much things have changed in Marshall County. It was only a few years ago that John Marshall High School considered it a win to take one or two swimmers to the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission State Swimming Championships. Not any longer. ...

Ohio County Board of Education members deserve credit for looking at ways in which local companies’ bids on big school construction projects can receive some level of preference. This comes after the school system awarded a bid of $1.99 million to a North Carolina contractor to replace the ...