The Virginia Oil and Gas Association, located in Abingdon, Va., has issued the following statement: “Virginia’s Natural Gas Industry has made it a priority to focus on the safe and environmentally sound production, extraction, and transportation of the state’s natural gas resources for more than 80 years. At the request[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Democracy relies on voter participation
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several municipalities in Kanawha County had their local elections Tuesday, but you might not know it by looking at the races. As the Daily Mail’s Matt Murphy reported, the races for town council in Cedar Grove, Glasgow and Clendenin were uncontested.[Read More…]
Value of state-funded patrol must be examined
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — At $231 for each time a motorist in distress is helped, a state-funded program certainly is no courtesy to West Virginia taxpayers. State legislators should rethink whether it is the best use of limited budget resources. Lawmakers at one time discussed eliminating the[Read More…]
‘Try This’ initiative aims to alter unhealthy lifestyles
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — We’ve all heard the statistics. West Virginia ranks near the top of all the bad categories (obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, smoking, cancer) and near the bottom of the good ones (life expectancy, quality of life). And we’d be the first[Read More…]
Controversy highlights prevailing wage flaws
An editorial from the Charleston Daily Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The hand-wringing and controversy over the calculation of West Virginia’s prevailing wage rates provides a vivid illustration of the problem with government setting private wages. The state agency charged with recalculating the rates has come up with a methodology. Republicans[Read More…]
Mistake in school bus law needs correction
An editorial from The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — One step forward, two back. All too often that seems to be the situation when government tries to do something to make our lives better. It is frustrating, to say the least. But when our children’s safety is involved, it is infuriating and[Read More…]
Loss of AEP power plant will have ripple effect
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — American Electric Power’s Muskingum River Plant is winding down, and as it does, the consequences of the war on coal and affordable electricity are more visible than the folks in Washington, D.C., might want to acknowledge. For more than 60[Read More…]
Students with disabilities have advantage in W.Va.
An editorial from the Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia public schools do not always compare well with those in other states, when ranked based on one piece of data or another. But in one field, the Mountain State is doing quite well for its students, when measured[Read More…]
Lack of transparency unacceptable
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — A recent hearing by the House Oversight Committee led to a lot of arguing over White House compliance with requests for information. Bottom line: The Obama administration is not as transparent as it promised to be so many years ago. At[Read More…]
Column: Gov. Tomblin looks at reinvesting in W.Va., fighting substance abuse
By Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin During the five years I have served as your governor, I have made it a priority to develop a skilled workforce, reduce our state’s prison and regional jail inmate population, rehabilitate those offenders when possible, and fight the battle against substance abuse. I know there is[Read More…]
