Posts that broadly address the issue of voting and legislative power.

Will Data Centers Law Be Amended?

Data Centers may be coming to Jefferson County thanks to Republican Governor Morrisey and our legislature. Not only are they coming, but we the citizens of the county have no say into deciding whether we want them or not. Furthermore, .we get only 30% of the tax revenue, but 100% of the noise, water table depletion, and higher electricity bills. And there aren't so very many jobs. John Doyle hopes that the law will be amended.

The PEIA Crisis is Still Here, Promises to Fix It Go Unmet

Affordability is increasingly a daily concern for working families in West Virginia, including in the Eastern Panhandle, It's especially a concern for teachers and other government officials who have their health insurance paid through PEIA. Premium increases and eroding provider services are outpacing the higher cost of living in the EP. Those high costs are forcing many to leave the state and they're jeopardizing the health of our educational and community services. Emily Asif makes the argument for actual PEIA reform, not just promises from our representatives that they'll look into the problem.

Opportunities for Youth in Politics

It's all too often said that the youth of the country are our future. But the reality is that the youth of our country are too often not listened to. Jakob Light is one of those young people who decided that he wanted to be heard and so he founded a group, the Jefferson County Young Democrats, to give young voices a megaphone.