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Be Practical: Planning ahead is not a partisan issue

Being prepared for potential public health crises is not a partisan issue, it’s common sense. In fact, it’s something about which it is easy to reach across the aisle and share ideas. (Or it should be, anyway). Former Ohio Gov. John Kasich, a Republican, and former Cincinnati Mayor John ...

Ayers: Cabinet secretary has difficult task ahead

“West Virginia’s most vulnerable citizens deserve a Department of Human Services that is effective, accountable, and focused on results.” Gov. Patrick Morrisey could not have been more correct, as he introduced the person he appears to believe will implement that change at the ...

Dunces: State lawmakers earn failing grades, too

Public school districts across West Virginia know they are facing significant challenges — so much so that they launched the “I Love WV Public Schools” campaign to boost support. Funding woes are a big part of the problem. And certainly, some public school administrators have not been ...

High Points of the Valley

* Wood County Board of Education members last week heard from Director of Curriculum and Instruction Ashlee Beatty about the results of a recent family and employee survey regarding district communications and nontraditional instructional days. It’s a testament to how involved parents feel ...

Education: Wasting funds on indoctrination

“Fraud, waste and abuse,” was the mantra for so many who rode into Charleston proclaiming their desire to do better for West Virginia taxpayers and eliminate the agenda-based spending and indoctrination of which they were accusing those across the aisle. Meanwhile, over the two years ...

Overreach: Warner right to stand against federal demand

West Virginia Secretary of State Kris Warner was right to stand firm against federal attempts to force him to produce unredacted statewide voter registration lists. U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnston earlier this week denied the motion made by the U.S. Department of Justice AND granted a ...