The coronavirus has changed the world as we know it. In the span of just a few weeks, we’re seeing and doing things much differently. Rightfully so, because for the most vulnerable among us, their lives depend upon it. Yet in the middle of this chaos, there has only been a limited focus on p… Read more

Feeling it for the kids, these days, all the kids in their teens to mid-20s who should be enjoying rites of passage that so many have taken for granted. Read more

My fellow West Virginians, Read more

People are scared right now. I get it. Scared in a way I’ve not seen in my lifetime. All most of us have to compare it to is 9/11. But that was sudden, isolated, and distant with a​ ​quickly identified enemy. This has been a gradual, global threat but with its effects hitting close to home. … Read more

Giving hugs was never my thing. It felt too close, too vulnerable, too touchy. I’d much rather throw fists bumps and give high fives than give hugs or shake hands. Read more

It is no secret that West Virginia families earn one of the lowest median incomes in the nation. It is also no secret that many West Virginians declare bankruptcies each year. Read more

West Virginians have always had a profound appreciation for our public lands and outdoor playgrounds. As a child I grew up hunting, fishing and exploring outside like many of my fellow West Virginians. When I became a father and then a grandfather, instilling a love and appreciation for our … Read more

On Tuesday night, the air was crisp, lights inside apartments were bright and all eyes were on Gmail accounts. Read more

The modern media trend is to make fun of President Donald Trump for his alleged and actual misstatements of fact. You have to go a long way — in this case Sky News in Australia — to find a media outlet willing to make fun of a U.S. liberal Democrat. Read more

Like many things, the coronavirus is exposing the disproportionate impacts that disease has on those with the least in our country. “Just stay home if you’re sick” is much easier said than done. Read more

It is often said, “every vote counts.” In West Virginia, every voter counts, too. Read more

Ithought that people were uptight when they heard a tiny cough or sneeze during flu season. But nowadays, with this new virus going around, we all seem to bathe in hand sanitizer when someone looks at us wrong. Read more

washington – When Ginny Clark became the first woman trainee at Salomon Brothers, the Wall Street investment firm where Mike Bloomberg got his start, she entered a man’s world that would horrify most young women of the #MeToo generation. Read more

An astounding event is happening in the Upper Kanawha Valley area of Fayette and Kanawha counties and throughout Fayette County. More than 600 university, adults, and faith-based interdenominational youth will arrive this summer to weatherize and repair 40 homes. Read more

There’s a narcissistic, childish bully in the West Virginia Statehouse. And, regrettably, Mercer County put him there. Read more

He isn’t your average Jim. Read more

The president's State of the Union speech Tuesday night resembled a campaign rally. Some Republicans shouted "four more years" as he approached the lectern. Democrats mostly looked glum, shook their heads, pursed their lips, laughed in response to some of his remarks and in the case of Speak… Read more

As we hit the halfway point of the 60-day legislative session, I would like to discuss some of the bills we worked on this week. Read more

Confused, intimidated, I stared at my boss when she told me to go grab a bite to eat. Read more

As state legislators, we are often asked what can be done to stop people from leaving West Virginia, to keep our best and brightest at home. We hear about it on the news, in the grocery store, and in our church pews – people are leaving West Virginia at an alarming rate and they are not comi… Read more

New hires in the Daily Telegraph newsroom are always advised that no two days are the same. Every phone call, scanner call or walk-in brings a different story. Read more

Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and PLO leader Yasser Arafat met at Camp David, where Barak offered almost all of what Arafat asked for in exchange for making peace with the Jewish state. Arafat rejected the offer. Read more

It’s something that fills the void for a moment, but leaves an even bigger one later. Everyone has felt the silence it brings in conversations and the chaos it creates behind closed doors. Family bonds end in shatters. Friendships end in a daze. Read more

As elected legislators, we are supposed to do our best for the people of West Virginia. Unfortunately, that seldom happens these days in the state Legislature. This session, the Republican majority that controls the Legislature is pushing more bad legislation that sounds good, but benefits f… Read more

I love Ireland for its natural beauty, its people, its food (some of it), its music, its writers and especially its elections, which are shorter, less costly and designed to engage citizens and boost voter turnout. Read more

Monday, January 27 marked the 20th day of the 60-day West Virginia legislative session. And, as we move full steam ahead into the introduction of bills and related committee work, it is an opportune time to share the WV Democrats Legislative Platform for 2020, a platform we’re calling West V… Read more

While the United Way of Southern West Virginia partners with more than 40 agencies throughout our region that provide much needed social services to our area, they also have recently taken on a number of very important Community Impact Initiatives on their own, such as 2-1-1. Read more

While the United Way of Southern West Virginia partners with more than 40 agencies throughout our region that provide much needed social services to our area, they also have recently taken on a number of very important Community Impact Initiatives on their own, such as 2-1-1. Read more

Senator Mitch Carmichael said on “Legislature Today” that the most important marker of West Virginia’s economic status is that the “labor force participation rate” in WV is the lowest in the nation. The people who are eligible to work in the state do so at a 52 percent rate. Senator Carmicha… Read more

I like working, at least in theory. I love meeting people (when we’re both in good spirits) and getting money. Read more

I love definitions because they help focus the mind. For decades, we are said to have been in a culture war. As in any war, it helps to know one's enemy. Read more