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Opinion

Some Odds and Ends From Under the Dome

Local Columns

Today is the deadline for bills to be introduced in the West Virginia Senate. As of Sunday, we are now two-thirds of the way through the 60-day legislative session with less than three full weeks left. We’re also just over a week until Crossover Day, when bills must be passed by the body ...

Get Real With State ID

Editorials

It’s been 20 years since Congress passed the Real ID Act. At the time, the idea was to have the program implemented by 2008, but opposition and other delays pushed the timeline. But now, the agreed-upon deadline is approaching rapidly. It is a mere three months away. Across the country, ...

Kandrach: America Is Facing Looming Port and Trade Catastrophe

Local Columns

During the pandemic, Americans learned how painful supply chain disruptions can be. Now, a newly proposed action from the Trump Administration could unintentionally make the pandemic’s supply chain disruptions seem tame. President Trump is looking to rapidly rebuild American shipbuilding. ...

Prioritize the Issues Important to W.Va.

Editorials

Mountaineers — always free, certainly; but also, always willing to be good sports, take responsibility, accept when things don’t go our way without complaining about it, and focus on what is really important for our state and our families. We don’t run investigations every time we’re ...

It’s Time for Wheeling to Stand Behind New Mayor

Local Columns

A recent opinion piece in The Intelligencer about Wheeling Mayor Denny Magruder left me scratching my head, so much so that I felt compelled to respond. It took an unusually aggressive tone and read as the grievance of someone still disgruntled over the outcome of Wheeling’s recent mayoral ...