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. Rightful…
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Once more, the Affordable Care Act is taking center stage. This time, it is at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The stakes a…
Just days after the 9-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the Obama administration’s defining accomplishment continues to dominate Am…
It is hard to keep up with the sheer human toll of the massive hepatitis A outbreak in Kentucky. At this point, we have reached 44 dead, 4,288…
Coal mining continues to be one of the most hazardous professions in our society. Even today, while the number of large-scale mining disasters…
West Virginia legislators are playing with fire.
For more than a century, West Virginia has served as little more than an extraction state. That is, we have relied on harvesting our natural r…
It’s that time of year again, the West Virginia Legislature is in session. And judging by my Twitter feed, legislators are busy again this yea…
A Texas judge has ruled that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. For now, his decision has no immediate effect except to toss another…
Late Friday night, a Texas judge ruled that the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional. He did based on a very questionable legal argument that …
Ever since the legislative battle over the passage of the Affordable Care Act, health care has dominated politics in the United States. First,…
West Virginia is one of the poorest states in the nation, and West Virginians face some of the highest rates of illness and disability. One of…
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In April of this year, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey put West Virginia’s name on a 62-page document.
There’s been a lot of talk, nationally, about whether Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation would enthuse voters on either side…
Just over a decade ago, my wife and I graduated from college and got married. We thought we were well prepared for the future with a college d…
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An interdisciplinary team of West Virginia University researchers is investigating how children’s health and education outcomes can be improve…
Remember that time when parents all over the country dreaded the approaching summer months because they were not sure whether their children w…
Congratulations Speaker Hanshaw on your recent election. There is little time to celebrate because West Virginia and West Virginians are confr…
One would hardly know that we are less than three months away from this year’s midterm elections as the West Virginia Supreme Court and the go…
Recently, the Trump Administration took another step towards destabilizing insurance markets around the country by expanding the availability …
It is hard to believe that it has been just over since five months since our second son, Lukas, was born on Feb. 3. His mother, Hollyanne, is …
It is hard these days to even go a few hours without being bombarded by ads urging U.S. senators to swiftly confirm Brett Kavanaugh as a justi…
When people generally think about the 3rd Congressional District, they think of coal mining and timber. Perhaps some will think of the New Riv…
The U.S. Senate on Dec. 2 passed its version of one of the most sweeping tax reform bills on a party-line vote of 51-49. After reconciliation …
Recently, I had the pleasure of hosting a roundtable that was part of a series of four hosted by West Virginians for Affordable Health Care an…
