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Tressel bringing positive message

Those surprised by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s choice for lieutenant governor must have been encouraged last week when Jim Tressel spoke to the state about his priorities. When so much in Columbus can feel overly specific or exclusionary, Tressel understands it is time to look out for all residents of the state. “We’ve got to make sure the concern for our Ohioans and their fate, their future is our chief concern, and sometimes it doesn’t line up with what individually I’d really like. Maybe it doesn’t serve my needs. But the chief interest and the decisions we make need to ...

Cost of groceries an area concern

If you have experienced pain at the grocery check-out lately — and not because you still haven’t mastered ringing up your own produce — you’re not alone. In fact, according to a WalletHub study, States Where People Spend the Most and Least on Groceries, West Virginia is second only to Mississippi for the cost of groceries as a share of median monthly household income — the average spending on groceries in the state is 2.57 percent of the median monthly household income. By contrast, the lowest percentage is in New Jersey, at 1.5 percent. Ohio shoppers spend 2.19 percent ...

Presidents Day chance to reflect

Monday is Presidents Day, and it should be a chance to reflect, to honor and to give thanks. It should be an opportunity to remember that while our president changes every four or eight years, our democracy continues to set a standard that is the envy of the rest of the world. The office itself always has served as testament to the peaceful transfer of power, even when that concept has been met with extraordinary challenges, and to the symbol of leadership that resides at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C. The holiday is the combination of days that originally had been set ...

Morrisey sets positive tone

During his first State of the State address Wednesday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey painted West Virginia as being at the start of a comeback. If that is the case, it is a resurgence long overdue. Our challenge now is to engineer that comeback with a focus so strong it is not slowed by those elected officials whose mission extends no further than pushing the Mountain State backward at any chance presented. To that end, Morrisey was right to understand our obligation to build a West Virginia in which young people want to stay, raise families and thrive. In fact, Morrisey hit on several ...

Premium Guard a good addition

The Tri-State Area received good news on Friday with the announcement Premium Guard Inc. will be locating a new operation in the community. As part of its plans for growth, which include expanding its market into Canada, the Memphis-based company, which manufactures automotive filters and other parts and accessories, has decided to set up shop in the Upper Ohio Valley, moving into a facility once home to the rue21 distribution center on Park Drive. This is good news for two major reasons. One, it fills space which has been vacant for the last several months, ensuring a ...

Setting the stage for West Virginia

Tonight, Gov. Patrick Morrisey will deliver his first State of the State Address to lawmakers and West Virginia residents from the state Capitol. There will be the usual pomp and circumstance surrounding such events, but Morrisey has much work to do in the months ahead — there will be no time for folksy sayings or shenanigans, as the state was forced to deal with the prior eight years. No, first on Morrisey’s list must be how to address the $400 million hole in the state budget left by the Justice Administration. Morrisey has said the budget hole comes from a combination of ...