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Newspaper Consolidation is Killing Independent Journalism and the Free Press https://t.co/d8aHxql4eX
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At this very moment, the greatest threat to Freedom of the Press in West Virginia is not just government censorship or politicians cracking down on reporters.
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The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up: The Catcher and the Rye https://t.co/HgSHkYvpW7
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When The Catcher in the Rye was first published in 1951, it scandalized and captivated in equal measure. Parents fretted, censors objected, and teenagers everywhere passed it between desks like...
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Judiciary Advances Bill to Increase Sentences for Second Degree Murder and Protect Victims’ Families https://t.co/F17XKOCPbf
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U.S. Senate candidate Willis highlighted opponent Capito’s controversial support for the Biden-era Afghan Refugee Resettlement Program, in which Capito joined democrats to spend $13 billion in taxpayer money to relocate refugees from Afghanistan into the United States.
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State Sen. Tom Willis Files GOP Primary Challenge Against Capito in U.S. Senate Race https://t.co/ngV51rjH5I
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West Virginia state Sen. Tom Willis filed paperwork with the West Virginia Secretary of State to run for the U.S. Senate, launching a Republican primary challenge against Sen. Shelley Moore Capito...
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Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday called for a 10% income tax cut and average pay raises of about 3% for public employees as he delivered his first State of the State address of the 2026 legislative session. https://t.co/VqaSnmz52B
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Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Wednesday called for a 10% income tax cut and average pay raises of about 3% for public employees as he delivered his first State of the State address of the 2026 legislative...
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West Virginia State Capitol Building (2026) Image credit: Kelton Cowger #photography #photographer #capital #westvirginia #architecture
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West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey will deliver his second State of the State Address today, Wednesday, January 14, at 7:00 p.m. The speech will be delivered from the House of Delegates Chamber at the State Capitol.
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A Future Already Lived: Brave New World in the Age of Algorithm and Apathy https://t.co/zepYBQ4t2v
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When Aldous Huxley published Brave New World in 1932, he was imagining a nightmare. Nearly a century later, his dystopia looks less like prophecy and more like a polished mirror. Where Orwell’s 1984...
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West Virginia GOP Meeting Erupts in Controversy as Effort to Reopen Primaries Collapses https://t.co/B4b8vskkbT
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: Kesey’s Classic Still Shocks and Startles https://t.co/R4A5KuEH6A
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When One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was published in 1962, America was poised between buttoned-up postwar conformity and the rumblings of cultural revolt. Ken Kesey, just 27 years old and fresh from...
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Longtime Democrat Joe Manchin Urges West Virginia GOP to Reopen Primaries as Debate Intensifies https://t.co/aCUTMOu0sv
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Longtime Democrat Senator Joe Manchin is urging West Virginia Republicans to keep their primary elections open, arguing that closed primaries exclude a growing share of the state’s voters and limit...
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Walz to Address Political Future as Reports Say He Will Exit 2026 Minnesota Governor’s Race https://t.co/deoaCzh31M
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Senator Willis Cites Venezuela Crisis in Calling for Military Experience in Congress https://t.co/0SGj7LZ9Ep
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Trump Says U.S. Forces Captured Venezuela’s Maduro After Strikes https://t.co/CqWK9KDwBn
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President Donald Trump said Saturday that U.S. forces have captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, following what he described as large-scale U.S. strikes in Venezu...
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WVGOP Resolution Committee Rejects Open Primary Resolution, Floor Vote Expected https://t.co/M6NoWTkpnn
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Senator Tom Willis Honors Coal Miners Lost in Sago Mine Tragedy 20 Years Ago Today https://t.co/c3c0XcRhaM
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Sen. Tom Willis (R-Berkeley, 15) paid tribute Thursday to the 12 miners who died in the Sago Mine disaster 20 years ago.
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20 Years After Sago Mine Disaster, 12 West Virginians Remembered https://t.co/1CskfGn2c7
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Twenty years ago today, an explosion and collapse at the Sago Mine in Upshur County trapped 13 miners underground, resulting in the deaths of 12.
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Haley Bunn to Serve as West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice During Leadership Transition https://t.co/OGhsaPeZhZ
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CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court will enter 2026 with new leadership as Justice Haley Bunn takes over as chief justice for an extended 18-month term beginning Jan. 1, a move tied to a...
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West Virginia Leads Nation in Households Reporting No Income, Data Shows https://t.co/DeVKE3MDup
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