West Virginia is moving to offense in the ‘Backyard Brawl’

For too long, West Virginia has sat at the bottom of health, education, and economic rankings. Policymakers have spent decades trying to solve these problems, but frustratingly little progress has occurred. Action, not platitudes, is needed for true growth.

If we want to truly move the needle, we must stop treating the symptoms and instead focus on the real disease: for too long, our state simply didn’t do enough to create an attractive enough investment and regulatory climate.

That’s why I signed an Executive Order establishing an economic Backyard Brawl on my first day in office. Our goal is nothing less than to make West Virginia the most attractive state in our region to live, work, and raise a family.

With the building blocks being put into place by those in the past and our curren