Rep. Jenkins: Ready to Work for West Virginia By Rep. Evan Jenkins WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the new representative of the Third Congressional District of West Virginia, I am honored to serve our great state and bring the values and concerns of hardworking West Virginians to Congress. I took the[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Op-Ed: Obama ignores reality in State of Union speech
Watching President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night, I found myself wanting to move to whatever country he was talking about – it sure wasn’t the United States. Seriously, it was impossible to watch this speech without shaking your head at the options in front of you –President Obama paints a portrait of a nation[Read More…]
State selling out the Ohio?
An editorial from The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Could the Monongahela River be next? The state Department of Commerce is negotiating a lease with two energy companies for horizontal oil and gas drilling on more than 1,600-acres of state-owned tracts beneath the Ohio River. Both tracts are under the river in Marshall[Read More…]
Clarify the meaning of ‘deliberate intent’
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Our state workers’ compensation arrangement is a compromise. Companies make insurance payments to the system, and workers or their families get money from the pool of funds to compensate them for injuries suffered on the job. In exchange for paying[Read More…]
Ticket sales strong for WVU men’s basketball
A column by Bob Hertzel for The Exponent Telegram MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The other day, while enjoying some liquid refreshment, I received a request from my mixologist to see if I could find her a couple of tickets for Saturday’s TCU men’s basketball game at the Coliseum as a birthday present[Read More…]
Obama should reveal plan to fight terrorists
An editorial by The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — One of President Barack Obama’s most important requests of Congress, made during his State of the Union address, seemed to draw relatively little notice by lawmakers and the press. It deserves – needs urgently, in fact – more consideration. After emphasizing Americans[Read More…]
More work must be done with college-going rate
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — The importance of a college education can’t be ignored. There are many reasons this is true, but two that stand out deal with unemployment rates and in-demand jobs. Consider that the unemployment rate for people who have a bachelor’s degree[Read More…]
Remember to guarantee equal protection for all
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Journalists appreciate the concerns of several new and experienced delegates who introduced House Bill 2081. Kanawha County Democrats Nancy Guthrie and Larry Rowe, and new delegates Andrew Byrd, Mike Pushkin and Cabell County’s Sean Hornbuckle, introduced the bill to give[Read More…]
Hiking cigarette tax is a bad idea
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — It is being suggested West Virginia should increase the state tax on cigarettes by $1 a pack, allegedly to help curb tobacco use. That is a bad idea and local legislators who oppose it are right. Not enough money[Read More…]
Getting our oil from friends
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — An objection to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline being made by some of its liberal opponents may be based on the fact at least 60 percent of Americans are too young to remember the 1973 Arab oil embargo. Some of us recall[Read More…]