Williamson Daily News - For over 100 years West Virginia has exported its timber, coal and electricity to drive the U.S. economy with low cost energy and natural resources. Read.
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Bloomberg - CSX Transportation is an interstate railroad operator, which is incorporated in Virginia with headquarters in Florida, that operates railways that move through and stop in West Virginia. Read.
Salon - Despite President Donald Trump's brags, it's not a good time to be a coal miner. Read.
State Journal - Whether the Republican tax reform plan currently under discussion in the U.S. House of Representatives is good or bad for the people of West Virginia depends on whom you ask. Read.
MetroNews - Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled its tax overhaul bill Thursday, which includes decreasing the number of personal income tax brackets, cutting the corporate tax rate and the eventual elimination of the estate tax. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia residents who apply for welfare now are subject to a drug screening, state health officials announced Monday. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Cleaning out some notepads...Lost amidst interim meetings and the special session, the Tax Foundation, a right-leaning, pro-business organization, put out its annual Business Tax Climate Index, ranking West Virginia as having the 19th best tax climate. Read.
PolitiFact, Charleston Gazette-Mail - The Democratic senator from West Virginia — where the opioid overdose death rate ranked highest in the nation in 2015 — connected the state's opioid use with its battered workforce. Read.
MetroNews - Moody's, one of the big three bond rating agencies, is giving a thumbs up to voter approval of West Virginia's $1.6 billion road bond issue. Read.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Only about half of West Virginia adults are working these days, and a quarter of those who do have jobs don't make much money. Read.