West Virginia Public News Service - With Gov. Jim Justice issuing a stay-at-home order this week to battle COVID-19, a new report warns West Virginia has one of the nation's most vulnerable populations for contracting the deadly virus. Read article. The Kaiser Family Foundation study says the Mountain State's rapidly aging population makes it much…
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WV Public Broadcasting - The West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday passed two bills that would provide tax cuts to the natural gas industry in an effort to boost petrochemical and plastics manufacturing. Read/listen. House Bill 4421 the “Natural Gas Liquids Economic Development Act” would provide tax credits to companies that transport or store…
The Appalachian Voice - Money and power. Read article. Those are the stakes for residents of Appalachia as the U.S. Census Bureau conducts the 2020 decennial census — which will help determine how roughly $1 trillion in federal funding is distributed over the next 10 years as well as which states lose congressional representatives and…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Education professor and historian Diane Ravitch, a prominent critic of charter schools and giving public money to private schools, said she hadn’t planned to write another education book. Read article. “I realized I had gotten old, I was tired of traveling,” Ravitch, 81, told public school workers and others at the University…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - “Every child needs nutritious meals in order to achieve their potential.” Read op-ed. This was the simply stated need behind Senate Bill 663, the Feed to Achieve Act, which the West Virginia Legislature passed in 2013. The bill focused on ensuring that all students have access to meals during and outside the…
Associated Press, Minneapolis Star Tribune - For years, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has told people they need only look at the lines at Dairy Queen to see how much the state’s economy has improved since he took office. Read article. But for Grace Waterman, snacking on vanilla soft serve in her truck outside the…
WV Metro News - In a public hearing on the House chamber floor, numerous West Virginia citizens voiced support and concern for a resolution sitting in the House urging Congress to call a convention to propose a Constitutional amendment on congressional term limits. Read article. The state Senate passed the resolution, S.C.R. 4, 20 to…
PoliticusUsa.com - I know facts have a hard time surviving and garnering any credibility in Trump’s truth-free political swamp, but let’s give asserting a few facts at the outset here the old college try. Read article. FACT: Homelessness in the U.S. has increased for the third year in a row under Trump’s rule. FACT: Despite…
Ohio Valley Resource, WOUB, WVIK - On a recent soggy Wednesday evening, dozens of West Virginians packed a conference room inside the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center to discuss the need for a “just transition” for coal-impacted communities. Read/listen. As the nation grapples with climate change, the need for a fair transition for workers and…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The West Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent state government from releasing information about who makes donations to certain nonprofit organizations in the state. Read article. The House approved Senate Bill 16, also called the “Protect Our Right to Unite Act,” in a 75-22 vote. Three…