Brad Reese, who runs a company that offers alternatives to new Cisco hardware and maintenance contracts, has put together a synopsis of the state of West Virginia’s controversial Internet router purchase in 2010. There are links to my previous stories, video of a recent U.S. congressional hearing and original source documents. Brad makes the argument [...]

Delegate Ryan Ferns, D-Ohio, is the latest West Virginia lawmaker arrested and charged with driving under the influence. He was busted by Wheeling police, according to the Wheeling newspaper. Police did not immediately release a copy of the criminal complaint. So we don’t know Ferns’ blood-alcohol level, or whether there were any passengers in his [...]

I just learned that House Speaker Rick Thompson has not withdrawn his request for an Ethics Commission advisory opinion on whether he could work for the West Virginia Education Association, while keeping his speaker post. That doesn’t mean he’s going to take a job with the WVEA, rather he wants to see the issue through [...]