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Jefferson County Candidates – May 10 2022 Election

Building The Shepherdstown Opera House

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Civic Engagement

Local voices offer their opinions and insights into political topics across the spectrum. Coverage focuses on local issues affecting residents in and around Jefferson County, WV.

West Virginia’s Premature Budget

June, 2019 Tagged With: West Virginia Legislature

West Virginia

The state constitution requires that a budget (that is balanced) be passed prior to the beginning of the fiscal year for which it is to be law. Our state’s fiscal year begins on July 1 of each calendar year. Read the Full Story >>

Pipeline Bait and Switch

May, 2019 Tagged With: Mountaineer Gas, West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

On March 26, Delegate Sammi Brown and I met with Scott Mandirola, Deputy Cabinet Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and DEP General Counsel Jason Wandling. We met with them to urge the DEP to make good on its promise to hold a public hearing on the natural gas pipeline coming to Jefferson County. Read the Full Story >>

Amendment 1: Government in Reverse    

May, 2019 Tagged With: abortion, reproductive rights

West Virginia Amendment 1, stating that “this Constitution does not protect the right to abortion,” is what I would call “backwards family planning.” We all agree that our goal is to bring children into the world who are wanted and able to thrive. We also agree that government is not just there to protect property, it’s there Read the Full Story >>

The Case for Cannabis in WV

February, 2019 Tagged With: cannabis, medical cannabis

John Doyle

The West Virginia Legislature passed a bill two years ago legalizing the consumption of marijuana for medicinal purposes. But no “weed” may yet be taken as medicine, because the administration of Governor Jim Justice has not been able to get the program under way. Read the Full Story >>

What’s the Dill with the Pickle Bill?

May, 2017 Tagged With: cottage industry, farm to table, Farmers’ Market, Pickle Bill

It was a bill that would expand access to healthy, locally grown food. Co-sponsored by Senator Patricia Rucker (R-Jefferson), it was legislation that would help farmers preserve and add value to their produce. Senate Bill 27 passed the WV Senate unanimously and the House of Delegates 95-3, yet alcohol and politics killed the "Pickle Bill" in the final hours of the 60th day of the Regular Session. Read the Full Story >>

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