West Virginia Watch - As a child, Nikki Forrester dreamed of living in a cabin in the woods surrounded by mountains, trees, water and the outdoor opportunities that came with the natural land. In 2022 — four years after earning her graduate degree and moving to Tucker County from Pittsburgh — Forrester and her partner…
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West Virginia Watch - It’s honestly like West Virginia’s leaders have no idea who West Virginians are, or can’t remember where they came from. Read the full article. I guess being rich, coming from a family of politicians or being from New Jersey could be the reason for some of that. West Virginia is one…
West Virginia MetroNews - The “One Big Beautiful Bill” that passed the U.S. House of Representatillves last week now goes for review by the U.S. Senate, where it could face changes. Read the full article. “It’s time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk…
Insurance News Net - Monongah resident Amy Davis is on disability and Medicaid. Read the full article. But with the changes to Medicaid proposed by House Republicans in Washington, it’s not herself she’s worried about. “I worry for my oldest daughter,” Davis said. “She is on the spectrum, has complex PTSD and suffers from a lot of mental health issues. She’s…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a far-reaching budget reconciliation package that, if enacted, would sever at least tens of thousands of West Virginians’ access to health and social safety net programs. Read the full article. The Republican-majority House passed the budget reconciliation package in a mostly party-line 215-214…
Wheeling Intelligencer - President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” fiscal package is on its way to the U.S. Senate after West Virginia’s delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the bill in an early morning vote Thursday. Read the full article. The House passed H.R. 1, named the One Big Beautiful…
WCHS - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget bill early Thursday morning that included about $700 billion in cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid provides health care coverage for about a third of West Virginians. Read the full article. In response, Protect Our Care West Virginia hosted a virtual press conference Thursday where health officials expressed concerns…
West Virginia Watch - A Republican plan to cut hundreds of millions of dollars from food assistance and health care programs for low income Americans to make way for tax cuts would have “devastating” results in West Virginia, advocates and providers say. Read the full article. The U.S. House of Representatives early Thursday passed a…
West Virginia MetroNews - Both of West Virginia’s congressional representatives voted for the big reconciliation bill that narrowly passed earlier today. Read the full article. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives and is now headed to consideration by the U.S. Senate, where it could face changes. The legislation, called the One Big Beautiful Bill, passed…
West Virginia Watch - West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey has formally asked the federal government to disallow the state’s food assistance program from paying for soda. Morrisey submitted a request for a waiver to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program to make the change, the governor announced in a video message Tuesday. Read the full article.…