Today’s edition of the State Register lists two meetings that don’t comply with the public notice requirements of West Virginia’s open meetings law. One meeting is of the Corridor G Regional Development Authority. The meeting was held Wednesday, but the notice didn’t hit the Register until today. The authority is a previous offender, as Sustained Outrage [...]

It screams out for public disclosure.  Judge Arthur Recht In late September, we covered the start of a major Supreme Court appeal of a key issue involving the West Virginia Freedom of Information Act. The Shepherdstown Observer newspaper wants to know who signed a petition to get a new local zoning ordinance on the ballot for a Nov. [...]

On the heels on yesterday’s major new study about the possible connection between the toxic chemical C8 and increased cholesterol levels, this morning I learned of two more studies that link C8 to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and to hormone disruption in kids. I don’t believe either study has been “published” yet in a peer-reviewed [...]