An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s coal industry has taken a number of hits over the past few years that threaten the viability of the industry. Now it seems as though some in the Legislature would sacrifice coal miner safety standards to lower operational costs[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Prison appropriate for ex-Bridgeport mayor
An editorial from The Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — What is the fair amount of prison time for an honest citizen and servant of the people who has gone bad in recent years? That’s the dilemma that faced U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley in Clarksburg during the man’s[Read More…]
Bill to dictate class topics should be history
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — It’s strange that after hearing from opponents about the dangers of indoctrinated education supposedly “caused” by Common Core curriculum, we learn some of those same critics have given us House Bill 2107 in the West Virginia Legislature. The bill outlines how[Read More…]
Lawmakers must seek that regulatory sweet spot
An editorial from The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — The Legislature in Charleston is revisiting the regulations it imposed on owners of aboveground storage tanks following the chemical spill in the Elk River that disrupted the water supply of 300,000 West Virginians. The implication in lawmakers taking up a revision of[Read More…]
Common sense returning?
A column by Mike Myers, executive editor of The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — If I choose to crawl under a farmer’s barbed wire fence to wave a red flag at a bull, I probably deserve whatever happens to me. If I, as an adult, climb over a neighbor’s fence[Read More…]
Those at fault should pay in civil cases
An editorial from The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates took on tort reform during Tuesday’s legislative session by passing a bill that establishes a comparative fault standard and implements what is known as several liability. Delegates voted 74-25 on a comparative fault bill, with[Read More…]
At the Capitol: Bills moving through Legislature at rapid pace
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Unlike past legislative sessions, where momentum for the 60-day session builds slowly, the 2015 regular session passed the one-third mark with a flurry of bills advancing in both houses. The fast pace of the legislative session prompted Senate Democrats to attempt a procedural move to slow down a bill to repeal[Read More…]
Jobs: Weigh all aspects
An editorial from The Charleston Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Everyone wants more jobs and prosperity in West Virginia. It’s a universal goal. For that purpose, the Legislature’s new majority wants to make West Virginia a “right to work” state. Supporters say more businesses will be attracted if a small limitation[Read More…]
First priority is keeping adequate water protections
An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A year ago in Charleston, lawmakers were busy grappling with an issue that wasn’t even on their radar heading into the 2014 legislative session: How do we protect the state’s drinking water supplies? The question was thrust upon them by the leak[Read More…]
Straight-ticket voting wrong
An editorial from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register| WHEELING, W.Va. — For decades, one of the tools Democrat Party leaders in West Virginia used has been straight-ticket voting. Encouraging the party faithful to just mark one box on a ballot or touch one square on a screen to vote for all candidates of[Read More…]