When you start talking about things that people feel strongly about, you get many different responses. I appreciated that after I published some thoughts last week about the importance of seeing the humanity of everyone involved in our current immigration enforcement processes. I talked about ...

Every time a new recreational amenity, park improvement or transit project is announced, I hear a version of the same concern: “Why are we spending tax money on that when we should be funding other core government services?” That question is fair. Taxpayers should absolutely hold ...

Three weeks into the legislative session, a lot of work has been done and a lot is yet to be finalized. Advocates for victims of domestic abuse are tracking bills as they move through committees and are advocating for appropriate budgets that will allow victims to receive the help and services ...

“It didn’t have to be this way.” That was my dominant takeaway leaving the Ogden Municipal Building where hundreds had gathered to protest US ICE’s methods of dealing with asylum seekers. Think of yourself waiting in a line 3.5 million people long, taking four or more years before ...

It seemed like the month of January 2026 would never end. It was definitely a wild one from our military kidnapping a Head of State in a foreign country, ICE shooting dead two protesters in Minneapolis, and the President’s threats to take over Greenland and then backing down while still ...

WHEELING, West Virginia -- West Virginia is the only state in the United States that is located entirely within the 13-state, 423-county Appalachian region. Much of the beauty, sorrow and challenges we think of when it comes to the region originated here, where isolation, a strong work ethic ...