An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Monday’s decision on national Common Core education standards represented a triumph of both procrastination and federal government pressure. It appears some lawmakers feel it would not be realistic to simply ban use of the standards in West Virginia. They may be[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Common Core review preferable to repeal
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate is on a path toward adopting a more reasonable approach to dealing with concerns about the state’s Common Core educational standards than the one undertaken by the House of Delegates. If the Senate’s path becomes law, the result[Read More…]
Misdirected frustration evident at labor rally
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate. In October, only 49.8 percent of eligible people in the work force were employed, compared to a national average of 62.7 percent. Despite being among the top states in per person spending[Read More…]
Commentary: Disgusted by $100,000 breakfast
ELKINS, W.Va. — Disgusted is the way I reacted last night after reading a Twitter post about a $100,000 breakfast being organized by a “secretive” and likely “extreme” conservative group. You must read/click this link to see exactly what is going on. It is unfortunate the organizers of this $100,000 breakfast have[Read More…]
Restoring the ‘open and obvious’ doctrine of liability
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One of the most egregious decisions by the West Virginia Supreme Court in recent years was corrected last week when Gov. Tomblin signed Senate Bill 13 to reinstate the long-standing “open and obvious” doctrine in premises liability. Simply put, that[Read More…]
Wholesale repeal of school standards bad idea
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — States and local governments on average spend about $12,000 a year for each public school student, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. So, a high school graduate can represent an investment of as much as $150,000 for 13-14 years in[Read More…]
Lawmakers need to find money for road work
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Once upon a time, drivers told stories about road trips on which they were able to tell when they had crossed the border into West Virginia based on road conditions, rather than looking at signs. Smooth sailing was replaced[Read More…]
State, federal campaign finance laws need scrutiny
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — A measure in Charleston that would have dramatically raised the amount of money an individual could legally donate to a candidate for state office came back to Earth this week with a satisfying thump. The bill would have raised contribution limits to $25,000[Read More…]
Lawmakers should reduce racing subsidies again
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — It should have come as no surprise that a bill intended to get West Virginia out of the greyhound racing business has finished out of the running in Legislature. Shelving the measure with just a week and a half left in[Read More…]
Bill morphs into better access to government
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — We have issues with a lot of bills introduced in the state Legislature this year. Then again, there are some that we do support. But we have met very few pieces of legislation throughout the years that we just cannot make up our minds[Read More…]