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Opinion

Finding the Waste, Fraud and Abuse

Editorials

Remember when eliminating government waste, fraud and abuse was a bipartisan goal? Well, now that Elon Musk is trying to do that, Democrats say his Department of Government Efficiency is tilting at windmills. “At Oval Office, Musk Makes Broad Claims of Federal Fraud Without Proof,” said a ...

Cleaning Up Voter Rolls

Editorials

Even with an election just past, there is not much time before we must turn our attention to the May 2025 election in Ohio. Eligible voters must not sit this one out, believing the heavy lifting is done for a while. In fact, decisions that have a much greater chance of affecting our everyday ...

Protecting Children In Mountain State

Editorials

Earlier this month, the West Virginia Child Advocacy Network released its annual statewide data report for the 2024 fiscal year. Though most of us have some idea of the damage being done to Mountain State children, the report is eye-opening and horrifying. The network’s child advocacy ...

High Court Under Ideological Attack

Editorials

Justice Sonia Sotomayor, appearing at the University of Louisville’s law school, was asked about eroding confidence in the Supreme Court. “I think my court would probably gather more public support if it went a little more slowly in undoing precedent,” she said, according to the ...

Cost Of Groceries Is Hitting W.Va. Harder

Editorials

If you have experienced pain at the grocery check-out lately — and not because you still haven’t mastered ringing up your own produce — you’re not alone. In fact, according to a WalletHub study, “States Where People Spend the Most and Least on Groceries,” West Virginia is second ...

Heart to Heart

Local Columns

I’m writing this on Valentine’s Day, three days into the 60-day legislative session, and if Gov. Patrick Morrisey and some members of the Republican caucus in the House of Delegates have love for each other, I’m having a hard time seeing the floating hearts. Morrisey presented his first ...