“Is not injustice the greatest of all threats of the State?” — Plato, “The Republic”
Traditionally, Republican and conservative philosophies about education have centered on local control and parental rights. Those views fit wi…
Gov. Patrick Morrisey said on Wednesday he will call a special session of the Legislature “after we make a little more progress over the next …
Too often, when a federal court issues a ruling — especially on a controversial issue — the public response is: “We’ll see what the Supreme Co…
For yet another year, the regular session of the Legislature wasn’t the worst session ever — merely the worst session ever so far.
Democrats in the West Virginia Senate are urging Gov. Patrick Morrisey not to sign a bill they say was not legally passed because of a “series…
Suffrage in the United States has had many advances and setbacks. There is one thing we know for certain, there are those who want to disenfra…
Through what Sen. Joey Garcia, D-Marion, called “dirty tricks” in the last 30 minutes of the 2025 regular session, Republican lawmakers in the…
Ten years ago, Republicans took control of the West Virginia Legislature for the first time in more than 80 years. One of the bills passed and…
The impetus behind a bill passed in the West Virginia House of Delegates last week is clear: the Republican supermajority controlling the Legi…