As the curtains closed on West Virginia’s 2022 Legislative Session, it was easy to get caught up in partisan politics and focus on what separates rather than unites us. While the session has concluded, policies that leverage the innovation, talent, and resources found right here in West ...

For nearly two weeks now, Democratic and Republican lawmakers and officials in West Virginia have gone back and forth on whether to pause the state's 35.7-cent gas tax for 30 days.Democratic members of the Senate and House of Delegates first proposed the gas tax freeze March 17 – five days ...

The Stubblefield Institute for Civil Political Communications at Shepherd University places a high value on constructive debate and fact-based public discussion.   In political campaigns, we advocate messages focused on issues and not personal attacks and name-calling. At the risk of ...

Everything is in readiness for 2022 at the former West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville. Retired in 1995, the facility is a tourism anchor for the region. Although the WVP has been open during the past two years despite COVID-19, missing during this period has been school students from ...

We all need incentive. If we don’t have it, everything grinds to a halt in our lives. If we have it, it is surprising what we can accomplish. Dr. Charles Simonton wrote a book called “Getting Well Again” that shows how incentive plays a big role in fighting disease. Simonton, a ...

The recent Ohio County Schools textbook controversy is only the beginning of an effort orchestrated across the country to change curriculum from the ground up. In concert with anti-CRT legislation — which the West Virginia Legislature missed passing by a matter of minutes — parents and ...