Moving the Mountain State Forward

If you had a medium through which you could voice your concerns about West Virginia, would you use it? What if your thoughts were anonymous and you could be completely—and brutally—honest? West Virginia Executive (WVE) posed this question to its readers this past spring, and the response was a resounding “yes.” Readers from different backgrounds, professions and political affiliations submitted their honest opinions about the struggles they see West Virginia facing.

Progress Report: 2016 Legislative Session

The West Virginia State Legislature adjourned its 2016 session on March 12 after 60 days of discussion and debate and a three-day extended budget meeting. In this year’s session, the pressure was on as West Virginians anticipated the passage of legislation that would aid the state’s struggling economy and incentivize businesses to make the Mountain State home.

Winner’s Circle 2016: West Virginia Manufacturing

Manufacturing is a lifeline for a struggling economy. It creates wealth and prosperity, leads to economic growth and global trade, encourages development and creativity and creates job opportunities across industries—after all, without goods, there can be no services.