The Ascent - We've been writing for months that there's little chance of a fourth check hitting bank accounts anytime soon. The stock market is up, more people are back to work (or starting their own businesses), and most Republicans are dead set against more assistance to the American people. Read the full article. Just as we…
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Business Insider - Rep. Bobby Rush of Illinois, a retiring House Democrat, is taking some hard swings on his way out the door in Congress. Read the full article. During an interview with The Washington Post published Friday, Rush unleashed a barrage of criticisms at Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia. Manchin, a conservative Democrat, has…
WBUR - Democratic Senator Joe Manchin is a no on President Biden's social spending plan. Listen to the full segment. “If I can’t go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can’t vote for it," Sen. Manchin said in December. The people of West Virginia have the highest percentage of people with a disability…
Greeley Tribune - I have pondered the commentary by L.Roger Huston that appeared in the December 29 edition of the Greeley Tribune. read the full letter to the editor. It carries the title, “Biden may not realize it, but Joe Manchin is saving his presidency.” The piece is certainly well written, has pertinent information regarding…
Rolling Stone - The first time Joanna Vance did oxycontin she was 15 years old. “It was at home, with my grandmother, God rest her soul,” Vance says. The same year, she lost her dad to a fatal overdose on Thanksgiving Day. “My parents used drugs… Everybody used drugs, basically, around us. It was just…
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Williamson Daily News- Federal COVID-19 pandemic relief and stimulus funds boosted federal grants to states to record levels in the 2019-20 budget year, an analysis by the Pew Federal Trusts found. Read the full article.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates Food Insecurity Workgroup have seen their wishlist fulfilled as Gov. Jim Justice announced the allocation of CARES Act money to many of the state's needs last week. Read the full article.
Times West Virginian - A group of state lawmakers who have been working on food insecurity are praising a $7.25 million allocation announced this week by Gov. Jim Justice. Read the full article. Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates Food Insecurity Workgroup said they are grateful Justice allocating will use CARES Act funds…
Mountain State Spotlight - After sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for much of the pandemic, Gov. Jim Justice has at the 11th hour earmarked the last of West Virginia’s CARES Act money to food banks and emergency responders — but also to longer-term programs with few details yet announced. Read…
Resilience - There’s a jolly old soul in West Virginia who’s laughing his a** off today. Who is this laugh-master? Why it’s Old King Coal, of course; and, he just got off the phone with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV). Read the full article. On the call, West Virginia’s senior Senator told the old man he…