By W.Va. Delegate Chad Lovejoy As 2022 enters its second month, families in West Virginia and across the nation are contending with financial pressure brought about by rising inflation. Toward the end of last year, inflation reached its highest point in decades, and the consumer price index rose nearly 7%[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Opinion: Legal ads are vital to an informed public
From The Herald Dispatch of Huntington: Some members of the West Virginia Legislature are bound and determined to kill weekly newspapers. They won’t say that openly. They might not even realize it, but that’s the net effect of what they want to do. How? Through reducing or eliminating the publication[Read More…]
Opinion: “Anti-racism” acts are smokescreens trying to whitewash history
By John A. Bolt Within the past several days, three bills have been introduced in the West Virginia Legislature, each of which in its own way is a back-door attempt to whitewash and bury the United States’ problematic history of mistreatment of Indigenous, LGBTQIA+, and non-white populations. These proposed bills[Read More…]
West Virginia newspaper industry opposes House Bill 4260
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Press Association, on behalf state’s newspapers, is sharing the following talking points on its opposition to House Bill 4260. Use this link for House of Delegates phone numbers and emails. No. 1 – There is no need for HB 4260: Just last year, during the[Read More…]
Opinion: Repealing certificate of need will reduce access to care and eliminate jobs for West Virginians
WV Press Release Sharing By Jim KaufmanPresident & CEOWest Virginia Hospital Association West Virginia hospitals set a new record for COVID-19 hospitalizations this week, and models show we will exceed our previous peak by nearly 20%. Now, some have questioned whether our hospitals have the capacity to care for more[Read More…]
Opinion: Prescription drug pricing reform not a partisan problem for West Virginians
WV Press Sharing By Senator Ron Stollings, MD It’s been well documented over the past several months that U.S. Senator Joe Manchin continues to work hard to find reasonable compromises to the progressive spending programs facing Congress. However, one of the most vital issues he needs to address is how[Read More…]
Opinion: Early investments and mentoring by Country Roads Angel Network nurtures West Virginia’s entrepreneurial spirit
By Peyton Ballard The economic landscape in West Virginia is vastly improving for the 1.8 million residents who currently occupy these mountains. Looking at things closely, I’ve also noticed a changing tide. I’m able to watch from close-up the life-changing work of the New River Gorge Regional Development Authority (NRGRDA),[Read More…]
Opinion: Natural Gas prices, like everything else, are rising
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…]
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…]
