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Yes, let’s be informed and vote

kathy@h2cstrategies.com May 5, 2026 Election, Elections, Government & Policy, Legislation, Local Government, State Government, State Legislatures, Uncategorized, Voting, West Virginia

May 12, Election Day, approaches. Early voting is well underway across West Virginia. Politicians, media, business leaders, and others encourage voters to go to the polls, which tend to see less activity during nonpresidential-year elections. The West Virginia Secretary of State’s Office reported a 22.9% voter turnout for the 2022 primary, the last off-year election. …Read More

Public knows what it wants: reliable power grid

kathy@h2cstrategies.com April 23, 2026 Energy, Government & Policy, Legislature, Local Government, State Government, Uncategorized Data Centers, Electric Grid, Power Generation, West Virginia

A recent public opinion survey shows that 95% of West Virginia voters support modernizing the state’s electric grid. Mark Blankenship of MBE Research, writing in the Charleston Gazette-Mail on April 22, said a February survey shows the importance that registered voters place on the reliability of the power system. Furthermore, he said 68% of those …Read More

Digital Equity for all West Virginians

kathy@h2cstrategies.com October 31, 2024 Uncategorized broadband, digital equity, economic development

Telecommunications industry leaders and state and federal officials, meeting October 22-23 in Charleston for the 2024 West Virginia Broadband Summit, expressed optimism as the federal government’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program promises to deliver high-speed service to the state’s unserved and underserved areas. The West Virginia Office of Broadband established the Digital Equity …Read More

W.Va. House, Senate Prepare for Session in a Pandemic

admin March 3, 2021 Legislature, Uncategorized

Almost a year after adjourning last March, lawmakers returned to the state capitol early in January to prepare for the upcoming legislative session. But this time, they wore face masks. Some had to work away from the floor, in spectator galleries, apart from the colleagues with whom they normally would sit side-by-side. West Virginia legislators …Read More

The Importance of Communication to the Successful Implementation of a Medical Cannabis Regulatory Program

admin Medical Cannabis, State Government, Uncategorized

It has been now over three years since legislation was enacted creating West Virginia’s Medical Cannabis Program. The Office of Medical Cannabis (OMC) recently completed the process of awarding grower, processor and dispensary permits and is now registering patients. It appears that medical cannabis products may be available for sale by late summer. But issuing …Read More