Month: July 2017

Editorial: Health care plan must get support from both sides

From The Times West Virginian: Back in 2010, when the Affordable Care Act that became widely known as “Obamacare” became the law of the United States, it was a Democratic effort. Sure, Republican amendments were part of the legislative process, but no Senate or House Republicans voted for the Affordable[Read More…]

Editorial: Open season on delinquent taxes

From The Dominion Post of Morgantown:  It has virtually become a fifth season. But one that doesn’t just come and go with a change in the weather or is even actually designated on the calendar. No, tax season doesn’t just run from Jan. 31 — when employers must provide W-2s[Read More…]

Editorial: Fixing Obamacare is the best option

Newspaper applauds U.S. Senators Manchin, Capito for stance From The Exponent Telegram: America has a problem — a big problem. It’s one that if we don’t truly address it sooner than later has the potential to bring our nation’s economy to its knees. U.S. health care spending grew 5.8 percent in 2015,[Read More…]

Morgantown-area coal-fired plant is the most efficient in North America

By  Charles Young The Exponent Telegram of Clarksburg MAIDSVILLE, W.Va. — The most efficient coal-fired power plant in North America is located in Maidsville, just outside of Morgantown. The Longview Power Plant, a $2.2 billion, 700-megawatt coal-fired power plant responsible for providing power to more than 700,000 homes, uses modern techniques[Read More…]

WV Higher Education Policy Commission offers guidance on student loans

By Jake Jarvis The Charleston Gazette Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As students prepare to head back to college in August, state officials are urging them to think carefully about what kind of student loans they take out. The Higher Education Policy Commission, the state agency which oversees the four-year public colleges[Read More…]

Editorial: Hospitals facing their own struggles in healthcare marketplace

From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Discussions about healthcare, Obamacare and “repeal and replace,”often factor in only a few characters — the government, the insurance companies and the patients. But there is another party to consider: the providers. Doctors, nurses and hospitals face their own challenges; and a hospital system[Read More…]

Editorial: Work with doctors to reduce opioid prescriptions

From the Logan Banner: With all the overdoses and news coverage of the opioid epidemic, the number of pain pill prescriptions has declined somewhat. But doctors are still prescribing the potentially addictive drugs at a rate 56 percent higher than 20 years ago, The Associated Press reported last week. The[Read More…]

Editorial: Huntington residents’ input vital to tackling blighted structures

From The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington: One of the more pervasive challenges facing Huntington is the sheer volume of structures that are abandoned and dilapidated. Those structures, whether residential or commercial properties, present a host of negative factors. They spread neighborhood blight, attack community pride, lower property values, pose dangers to[Read More…]

Opinion: Creation of Virginia-side authority will help W.Va. highway project

From The Bluefield Daily Telegraph: Efforts to build the Coalfields Expressway, a critical future four-lane corridor for both southern West Virginia and Southwest Virginia, have been largely stalled in recent years. The biggest stumbling block facing the project in both the Mountain State and the neighboring Commonwealth of Virginia has been[Read More…]

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