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West Virginia Goes Off to the Races

With the 2023 legislative session wrapping up and with the 2024 elections still a long way off, the various races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor and other state constitutional offices have been quiet. That is beginning to change.We're now at three elected officials seeking the Republican nomination for governor: House Judiciary Committee Chairman Moore Capito of Kanawha County; Secretary of State Mac Warner of Monongalia County; and State Auditor J.B. McCuskey, a native of Harrison County. Chris Miller, the son of 1st District Rep. Carol Miller, R-W.Va., has been in the race for ...

Be a Beacon of Light and Hope for Today’s Youth

What year did this take place? Alcatraz Prison is closed, Aretha Franklin releases “Laughing on the Outside”, Congress passes the Equal Pay Act, and Kellogg’s Froot Loops is introduced. Have you figured it out yet? Here are some more hints in the same year. Stevie Wonder releases “Recorded Live: The 12 Year Old Genius,” Gateway Arch is built, Michael Jeffrey Jordan is born in Brooklyn, Loyola (Chicago) Beats Cincinnati in the Final Four, “The Birds” Alfred Hitchock suspense film is released, Jack Nicklaus wins the 27th Masters, Toronto Maple Leafs wins the Stanley Cup, ...

More Companies Are Saying ‘Yes’ to West Virginia

The Justice administration has ushered in what I believe is the most thrilling and exciting time in the history of West Virginia economic development. The citizens of our state are enjoying unprecedented success. We have so much for which to be thankful and many reasons to celebrate. A multitude of world-class companies have recently undertaken concerted and diligent efforts to determine the best place in America to locate their new factories, invest significant capital, and create thousands of jobs. It’s incredibly gratifying and rewarding to proclaim that West Virginia is winning ...

Marshall Memo: Too Cool for the Pool; Ladies Luncheon; and Baking for Bingo

The swimming pool at Moundsville’s East End Playground will reopen Thursday! The pool has been closed since March 1 for repainting as well as painting the walls throughout the building. Recreation Director John White said, “the pool really needed painted, and people from the regional jail did an outstanding job in helping us.” While on the subject of the East End Playground, the Bronco Field has a new lighting system, which will be turned on for the first time this weekend. White said the next major sports facility upgrade will take place at the Park View Playground where ...

Wrapping Up 2023 Legislative Session

The last few days of any session of the West Virginia Legislature can be very dramatic. With bills running up against the deadline of midnight Saturday, lawmakers are crossing the hall trying to get the other chamber to move on their bills.There was some of that drama this year, but with the Senate and House of Delegates completing agendas Friday night, that left Saturday for each body to receive messages from the other body on the passage of their bills and decide whether to concur with changes to the bills, or reject those changes and work other differences in a conference ...

Call Fentanyl What It Is: A Weapon of Mass Destruction

The United States had 107,622 drug deaths in 2021, a 15% increase of 13,967 from 93,655 in 2020. Almost the entirety of the increase is due to fentanyl. West Virginia had 1,194 fentanyl and other synthetic opioid deaths in 2021, up 10% from 1,083 in 2020. This substance is now the No. 1 killer of adults aged 18-45. There’s no question why state attorneys general are pushing the Biden administration to classify fentanyl as a Weapon of Mass Destruction. This deadly synthetic opioid is mainly being funneled through our unprotected southern border—Chinese chemical manufacturers are ...