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Phil Kabler

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Sep 27, 2026
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Jul 18, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Phil Kabler

    Statehouse beat: The crony hires of the anti-DEI wing (opens the original)

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    As part of my ongoing quest to find examples of Republican hypocrisy, I was struck by U.S. Sen. Darline Graham’s admission during a candidate debate that she knows nothing about foreign policy. Clearly, Graham’s only qualification for being a U.S. senator is that she is the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. This from the party that opposes Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, in part because it supposedly permits promotion of less-qualified individuals. Anti-DEI proponen

  2. Article · Sep 12, 2026 · Phil Kabler

    Statehouse beat: Disenfranchising voters with midterms looming (opens the original)

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    There’s an unwritten rule in the West Virginia Legislature that election law bills are not taken up in election years, out of courtesy to workers in the secretary of state and county clerks’ offices, who otherwise would have less than two months to implement the changes before the primary election. Yet, with less than 60 days to the midterm general election, Donald Trump is still trying to interfere with the election process in hopes of suppressing millions of votes. Trump continued to push

  3. Article · Aug 29, 2026 · Phil Kabler

    Statehouse beat: 'Friends of coal' aren't friends of miners (opens the original)

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    “You ain’t men to that coal company. You’re equipment, like a shovel, a gondola car, or a hunk of wood brace. They’ll use you ‘til you wear out or you break down, or you’re buried under a slate fall, and then they’ll get a new one.” —Joe Kenehan, “Matewan.” John Sayles’ classic film about the Matewan Massacre is set in 1920, but attitudes of the coal industry and state government have not changed markedly in the intervening 106 years. Now, as then, the coal industry’s p

  4. Article · Jul 18, 2026 · Phil Kabler

    Statehouse beat: Survey says: WV business climate worse under GOP (opens the original)

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    For 20 years, financial news network CNBC has been doing an annual survey, “Top States For Business,” ranking states for business competitiveness. In its first year, 2007, West Virginia ranked 44th overall. Not too great. In 2015, Republicans took control of the Legislature and proceeded to grow those majorities into supermajorities while capturing all statewide elected offices. They also grew pro-business conservative majorities in the state Supreme Court and newly created Intermediate Appe

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