Today, the Wheeling Intelligencer used syndicated columnist Rich Lowry to explain Springfield, Ohio to its readers
A question for our local paper: Is someone who apparently uses the N-word to describe immigrants the best the Intelligencer can do?
On the editorial page of today’s Wheeling Intelligencer is a recent column by one of the paper’s regular syndicated columnists, Rich Lowry:
Here’s What’s Behind the Real Scandal in Springfield, Ohio
If you’ve read any of Lowry’s columns, you know that for most problems, he will find a way to blame President Joe . . .
Promising to generate “unique local content that you can’t find anywhere else,” Ogden Newspapers buys the Morgantown Dominion Post
Last week, from the Morgantown Dominion-Post:
BREAKING: Ogden Newspapers set to buy The Dominion Post
— The Dominion Post . . .
The Ogden Newspapers will purchase The Dominion Post from the Raese family of Morgantown and its West Virginia Newspaper Publishing Co., the two companies announced Wednesday.
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Addressing the West Virginia child care crisis
WV governor Jim Justice and Donald Trump demonstrate their leadership on the issue
From the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy:
West Virginia’s per capita state spending on child care lags behind all our neighboring states. This has contributed to low wages and high turnover in the child care industry. pic.twitter.com/mJu3aoYuor
— West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy (@WVCBP) September 6, 2024
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Schools are open; the gun violence begins
And the local Republican congressman responds right on cue
From CNN:
At least four people are dead and approximately 30 injured after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, sources tell CNN https://t.co/rFinsJqspz
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) September 4, 2024
The local congressman quickly responded with the usual Republican thoughts and prayers:
Leigh Ann and I . . .
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Who are you going to trust? Jim Justice or the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
Governor Jim Justice just a few minutes ago:
Since day one, my mission has been to put WV on a rocketship ride, and we've done exactly that. We’ve seen over $20B in economic development investments, creating 30,000+ jobs — and we’re not stopping! More goodness to come very, very soon. @WVaChamber https://t.co/JwIdqxW2DG
— Governor Jim . . .
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Jim “smoke and mirrors” Justice
It is getting difficult to keep up (with update)
I’m sure most of my readers are familiar with Jim Justice’s financial problems. I believe this one is the most recent:
A hotel company owned by the family of West Virginia Governor Jim Justice has been sued by Louisiana Bank after failing to pay back a $35 million pandemic relief loan.https://t.co/xzKGN49tTI
— 7News DC (@7NewsDC) August . . .
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Reading today’s Intelligencer editorial page
Another look at the Wheeling Intelligencer’s “variety of viewpoints”
If the past is any predictor of the future, we are less than three weeks away from the Wheeling Intelligencer’s annual exercise in self-praise -- its anniversary editorial. On August 24, for at least the last decade, the Intelligencer editorial page has printed the same editorial: one that proclaims to its readers that the Intelligencer is a . . .
