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An un-American budget bill

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: So the president has signed the budget bill for our country. Congress passed it and he happily signed it even though the majority of the American people in poll after poll expressed great concern over many aspects of it. Ohio Sens. Bernie Moreno and Jon Husted voted for the bill, too. They will own the results of it in Ohio. Our representative in the House of Representatives, Michael Rulli, happily posted on his X account that this bill would “Secure the border, cut taxes for working families, protect women’s sports, unleash American energy and require voter ...

OVAC game marks return of football

Editorials

Fans of high school football in our region have been waiting for Saturday night for a long time. That’s when the 79th-annual Rudy Mumley Ohio Valley Athletic Conference All-Star Football Charity Classic will be played. As usual, the contest will allow the top graduated seniors from Ohio to square off against their counterparts from West Virginia, with kickoff set for 7:15 p.m. in Wheeling Island Stadium. Of course, there will be bragging rights on the line in the game, which was first played in 1940. Even more important will be the friendships that have been made during ...

Week celebrates abilities of all

Editorials

With its signing 35 years ago, the Americans with Disabilities Act was designed to make certain that individuals with disabilities — no matter the kind — have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. It guarantees equal opportunity in public accommodations, employment, transportation, government services and more. For the second year, Weirton is coming together to celebrate that landmark law, with activities designed for everyone. It begins Saturday morning with the Run the Distance, Embrace the Difference 5K, which will welcome participants of all mobile ...

Gee leaving a rich legacy

Editorials

Monday marked the conclusion of an extraordinary chapter in American higher education as E. Gordon Gee stepped down from his presidency at West Virginia University. Spanning more than four decades and multiple institutions, Gee’s career has been characterized by visionary leadership, an unwavering commitment to student engagement, keen insight into the future of education and a profound impact on the nation’s academic landscape. Gee’s journey began where it ends — WVU. He first served as the university’s president from 1981-85. His leadership trajectory then took him ...

Guest column/Ramaswamy has the right focus for governor

Local Columns

In 2012, I was invited to a conference held by the Milton Friedman Institute in Indianapolis. The institute invited 20 or so legislators from around the country to discuss school choice issues and how much progress had been made to that point. Like most conferences, we heard from a variety of speakers, one of whom was Tony Bennett (not the singer and not the basketball coach), the superintendent of education from the state of Indiana. Bennett oversaw the institution of educational reforms including expanding school choice options for then-Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. Bennett made a ...

Start of survey welcome news

Editorials

It took long enough, but about a month ago, federal officials announced there are finally plans for long-term study of the possible health outcomes after the February 2023 train derailment in East Palestine. The National Institutes of Health is launching a five-year, $10 million research initiative. In announcing the effort, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. thanked Vice President J.D. Vance, who was representing Ohio in the U.S. Senate at the time of the crash, for continuing to press the matter. “You helped drive the first large-scale, coordinated, ...