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How can you hate equity and inclusion?
That “rocket ship to prosperity” we heard about eight years ago now looks a lot like the Camden Park roller coaster. We’re stepping off the ride at the same place as we got on the ride. We haven’t moved. We were 50th then, and we are 50th now. No amusement at this amusement park.
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Non-citizens should be clearly prohibited from voting in elections
West Virginia’s Constitution provides that the citizens of the state are entitled to vote in elections held within the counties in which they reside. However, the language’s ambiguity may allow municipalities to permit non-citizens to vote in local elections.
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Family court judges pay is an injustice
The Legislature should consider enacting reforms that bring family court judges’ salaries in line with those of their circuit court colleagues.
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Growing the economy and protecting environment
For the Mountain State to thrive and grow its population, we must be serious about both economic development and environmental protection.
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Our leaders are failing us in West Virginia
For the last 10 years or so, I have watched as the Republican leadership slowly has stripped away rights of individuals, allowed our already weak healthcare and education system to further erode, let our infrastructure literally fall apart as well as continue to bend over backward to lure big businesses to come in and take even more advantage of our citizens.
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Corporate billionaires and their lobbyist need to stop attack on West Virginians and our constitutional rights
According to new Gov. Patrick Morrisey, the state is $400 million in the red. Tort reform seeks to exacerbate that pain. Let’s focus on actual success: fixing education, building infrastructure, and making our state the kind of place people want to raise a family.
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West Virginia's ongoing battle against lawsuit abuse
Even though we are no longer on the Judicial Hellholes' list, let’s push our state’s legislative leaders to continue to work against lawsuit abuse in West Virgina in 2025.
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A zero-risk option is impossible
There are, and should be, debates about the amount of risk associated with chemical production, and how that risk should be weighed. But the idea of living a risk-free life is a dead end. It is seductive in its simplicity, and harmful in its effect.
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Stay away from coal
The State of West Virginia should encourage and promote solar panels, wind farms, well-insulated homes and businesses and green engineering all around before the time to do so has run out.
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State's environmental activists should not be de facto regulators
Our association plans to pursue legislation again in the upcoming West Virginia legislative session to make certain that state regulators have high quality, accurate data to inform regulatory decisions impacting the state’s manufacturers, coal miners and natural gas workers.
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Stay with coal
CHARLESTON – There is a sudden, unexpected and massive rise in electricity demand occurring across the country due to a variety of factors converging before us.
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Regarding Amendment One, it's us against them
Let’s fight back against the creepy campaign to put a price tag on human life. Vote for Amendment One and protect West Virginia’s love for our elderly, our toughness in the face of suffering and our willingness to sacrifice without counting the cost.
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West Virginia’s backyard brawl for prosperity
Together, we can make West Virginia a place where economic opportunity thrives, communities are safe and drug-free, and our children are equipped for success in the 21st century.
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Agencies need help in serving most vulnerable citizens
The good people of West Virginia are eager to assist those in need. To that end, the West Virginia Legislature supports enhanced funding to care for our state’s most vulnerable populations.
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Voters asked for West Virginia’s 'tax cut obsession'
Policymakers in deeply red West Virginia have heard this mandate from voters loud and clear, as evidenced by their continued prioritization to lower tax rates and make government spending live within its means.
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Manchin should stop Biden’s attempt to give new NLRB term to McFerran
The United States Senate should reject President Biden’s renomination of Lauren McFerran to the National Labor Relations Board, and Sen. Joe Manchin should lead the way.
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Breaking down barriers to tackle cyber threats
HUNTINGTON – As the United States faces China’s unprecedented military buildup, conflicts involving our partners in two theaters, and resurgent terror threats, it is clear that the world today is more dangerous than most Americans have experienced in their lifetimes.
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How W.Va. leaders, citizens can help restore fiscal sanity
As the “trust funds” associated with Social Security and Medicare become exhausted, future generations face the possibility of paying higher taxes and receiving less benefits.
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Why do we pay higher utility rates?
CHARLESTON – All sorts of things can trigger a rate increase request from a utility and approval of increased rates by the Public Service Commission of West Virginia.
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McCuskey vows to continue fight against federal overreach
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Supreme Court recently heard argument in a major case that is likely to have profound consequences for West Virginia’s legal fight against unconstitutional actions by the federal government that threaten our way of life.