During a meeting with Gazette editors earlier this week, Senate 8th District candidate Chris Walters was asked whether he supported adding sexual orientation to West Virginia’s hate crime law. Walters, a Republican, answered, “Yes.” His opponent, Democrat Joshua Martin, answered the same. The question was one of several posed by Gazette editors in rapid-fire fashion. [...]

I wrote an article today about the West Virginia State Police purchasing 550 protective screens for trooper cruisers. Former state police Superintendent Dave Lemmon directed that the security screens be installed in the trooper fleet in 2006. Former Gov. Joe Manchin, however, put a stop to that. Manchin argued that the protective screens should be [...]

West Virginia’s new office of minority affairs has a leader. Here’s the press release from the governor’s office:   Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointed Carolyn L. Stuart, Ph.D., to be the Executive Director of the new Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs. The Office will deal with issues affecting minorities and will fund programs that [...]