By Peyton Ballard, executive director of the West Virginia Ministry of Advocacy and Work Camps West Virginia, like many other states, faces life-altering challenges of severe weather, adverse socioeconomic situations, and an aging population. All of these factors create a perfect storm when disaster strikes. I believe it is time[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Opinion: Voters should rely on “trusted sources” for election and campaign information for WV’s May 14 Primary
By W.Va. Secretary of State Mac Warner With a divided electorate that has been galvanized by the policy issues facing the nation since 2020, many passionate Americans have taken a newfound interest in voting information and the mechanics of election administration. To protect the bedrock of our democracy – the[Read More…]
Opinion: To effect change, we must have information
By Del. Amy Summers, chair of the House Health and Human Resources Committee and co-chair of the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability It can be easy to under-estimate the legislative work done through the interim committee process when we’re not under the microscope and in the[Read More…]
Opinion: The Importance of NATO on its 75th Anniversary
NATO created on April 4, 1949 By Maj. Gen. Bill Crane, West Virginia National Guard Adjutant General Born out of the ashes of post WWII, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, commonly referred to simply as NATO, was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and ten Western European nations to[Read More…]
Just My Opinion
By Tamara Pettit, Hometown News In the last hours available to sign or veto bills, Governor Justice vetoed the controversial HB 5105 which allowed more exemptions to the vaccines required to enter school. Proponents of the bill saw it as a matter of personal freedom. Opponents of the bill saw[Read More…]
Opinion: Why the National Institutes of Health is important to West Virginia
Originally published in The Dominion Post By U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va. CHARLESTON, W.Va. – In an op-ed published in The Dominion Post, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-HHS), wrote about the importance[Read More…]
Opinion: As a pediatrician and mom, I thank Governor Justice for protecting WV kids
By Lisa M. Costello, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P I am grateful that Governor Jim Justice vetoed House Bill 5105. As a pediatrician and mother of a toddler, I cannot overstate the importance of routine childhood immunizations. I recommend them to my patients, and I choose them for my own daughter. I[Read More…]
Kanawha-Charleston Health Department officer’s statement on veto of HB 5105
West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The following is a statement by Dr. Steven Eshenaur, health officer and executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, on the veto of HB 5105, which would have removed vaccination requirements for students in virtual public schools and allow private and parochial schools[Read More…]
Opinion: Liberty and vaccines
By Dr. Chris Martin, professor, WVU School of Public Health If I asked you, “To whom do we owe our personal freedoms as Americans?”, who would you pick? You might name our first president, George Washington. Some of you may choose Thomas Jefferson, the chief author of the Declaration of Independence. For[Read More…]
Opinion: McKinsey & Company profits at the expense of West Virginians
By W.Va. Delegate Sean Hornbuckle The opioid epidemic ravaged the state of West Virginia. The death rate in West Virginia from opioid overdoses far outstripped the rest of the United States, and at the peak of the epidemic, thousands of West Virginians died every year from overdoses. West Virginia has begun[Read More…]
