By Charlotte Lane Chair, West Virginia Public Service Commission You’ve heard it on the news. It comes as no surprise that that natural gas prices around the country will be higher this winter. Now is the time to prepare in order to minimize the effect of those rising prices. You[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Support small-town USA by backing the Local Journalism Sustainability Act
Stakeholders in journalism, news, and the general welfare of a fact-based democracy have been beside themselves in recent weeks as a little-known bill that they hoped would slip its way into the broader Build Back Better plan was treated as little more than an expendable remnant. In the interest of[Read More…]
Opinion: Local news hangs in the balance
By Steve Waldman Report for America The U.S. Senate is now deciding the fate of local news. As part of the Build Back Better Act, the Senate is in the next few days considering an important proposal: providing a payroll tax credit to local news organizations to retain or hire[Read More…]
Opinion: Physicians facing massive Medicare cuts, need Congress to Act
By Dr. Tom Takubo Charleston, W.Va. Anyone reading or watching the news in America knows that Congress is grappling with increasingly divergent opinions on what is right for this nation. For those of us in West Virginia, we are grateful to have U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin holding the line against[Read More…]
Why we need a community forum
Brian J. Allfrey Executive Director Utah Press Association I am not sure what I expected our country to look like in 2021, but I certainly did not expect it to be so fractured and so bogged down in hate. My oldest son was a year old on September 11, 2001.[Read More…]
AARP: Congress must act now to give Americans fair drug prices
By Gaylene Miller AARP West Virginia State Director Carl from Charlestown, W.Va., is a perfect example of why Congress needs to pass legislation to bring down the costs of prescription drugs. Carl recently told us, “After retiring twice, I am now working part-time to make ends meet and keep up[Read More…]
National Newspaper Week – Oct. 3-9
Opinion: The Distressed and Failing Utilities Improvement Act
By Charlotte Lane, chair West Virginia Public Service Committee Last year the West Virginia State Legislature passed the Distressed and Failing Utilities Improvement Act in order to ensure that as many West Virginians as possible have clean, reliable drinking water and sanitary sewer service. Many of the state’s smaller water[Read More…]
Opinion: Annual decline in business travel emphasizes continued need for hotel relief in West Virginia
West Virginia projected to end 2021 down $144,662,812 in business travel revenue compared to 2019 The West Virginia Hospitality & Travel Association While leisure travel in West Virginia remains significant and stable, the hotel industry in West Virginia is still projected to end 2021 down $144,662,812 in business travel revenue[Read More…]
Opinion: NRGRDA strategy to prioritize coal-to-products commercialization to revitalize southern West Virginia economy
By Jina Belcher Ground zero for federal efforts to boost communities reeling from the downturn in coal as a major economic driver is focused on southern West Virginia — where I and many of my close colleagues were born, have lived, studied, and worked our entire lives. Acknowledging that the predominance of coal for power generation is fading, the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA) recognizes that West Virginia continues to have metallurgic-grade[Read More…]