For Immediate Release: June 12, 2025 Contact: Alex Gallo, (610)-283-4844 CHARLESTON, WV — Local and state health care providers, food banks, and advocacy organizations are calling on Senators Capito and Justice to protect vital care and services for Mountaineers ahead of a pending budget vote in the Senate. The House of Representatives advanced its budget bill last month,…
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West Virginia Watch, Times West Virginian - As legislation cutting a food assistance program that helps feed thousands of state residents makes its way through Congress, several advocacy groups, businesses and organizations are calling on West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice to speak against the plan. Read the full article. “Given that SNAP is the most…
While West Virginia's overall employment growth has been stagnant over the past year, one area of the economy that has seen continued growth is the health care sector. In fact, while total nonfarm employment in the state has fallen by 6,000 jobs over the past decade, employment in the health care and social assistance sector…
Public News Service, Clay County Free Press - A new report shows West Virginia has improved the well-being of its children but the Mountain State still ranks the in the bottom tier of states for measures such as child poverty, education and health. Read the full article. The findings come from the 2025 Kids Count Data…
West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginia improved its overall child well-being ranking compared to last year, according to an annual assessment — although that meant moving from 44th to 41st among the states. Read the full article. That’s according to the most recent Kids Count Data Book, a 50-state report of recent data developed by the…
Charleston, WV — West Virginia improved its overall child well-being ranking compared to last year, moving from 44th to 41st among the states according to the 2025 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, a 50-state report of recent data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how kids are faring in post-pandemic America. Each year, the…
West Virginia MetroNews - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has asked several questions about how West Virginia would manage proposed changes to purchases allowable under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read the full article. For example: what about bottles of sweet tea? West Virginia has applied for a federal waiver to remove soda from eligible purchases under…
Times West Virginian, Yahoo News - Four months after forming, the voices against West Virginia's national elected leaders are getting louder. Read the full article. "We went from about 25 people in a smaller church basement," Mindy Holcomb, an organizer at West Virginia Citizen Action Group, said. "We now have, I think, close to 1,800…
Good Men Project - Amy Wolfe sees almost every type of person pass through the door of Manna Meal on Charleston’s West Side: young people, middle-aged, retirees, homeowners, families, those derailed by the pandemic. Many are employed full time, coming up a little or more short each paycheck. For most, healthy food is a luxury. For some,…
Mountain State Spotlight, Times West Virginian - As Congress moves toward cutting crucial funding that helps West Virginians — many of them elderly or disabled or children — get the food they need, state elected officials so far have no plan to reduce the harm. Read the full article. Under a plan passed by the…