Salon - If President Donald Trump is to be believed, Appalachian states like West Virginia and Kentucky are filled with unemployed coal miners who are oppressed because out-of-touch liberals won't let them do the jobs that geography and God foreordained for them. Read.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail - The former state director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign announced her candidacy Wednesday for the U.S. House of Representatives in the second district. Read.
Daily Athena - As the congressional July 4 recess ends, resistance grows against the proposed healthcare bill that would repeal and replace portions of Obamacare. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Never before in U.S. history has a political party attempted to take medical care away from more than 20 million Americans. Read.
The Parthenon - While members of the United States Senate enjoy the conclusion of their well-timed Independence Day recess, Americans remain in a state of concern about the future of their healthcare coverage and whether Senate Republicans will attempt to force through their unpopular healthcare bill or come up with a suitable alternative. Read.
100 Days in Appalachia - With bipartisan support and a focus on economic development in coal country, the Revitalizing the Economy of Coal Communities by Leveraging Local Activities and Investing More (RECLAIM) Act was supposed to fly through Congress. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia would lose 25 percent of the federal funding it receives for the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program under President Donald Trump's proposed budget. Read.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel - West Virginia could fare the worst among states under the Senate's version of a health care bill, according to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Read.
Point Pleasant Register, HuntingtonNews.Net - Cassi Heib of the Marshall University College of Health Professions has been chosen to attend the inaugural West Virginia Summer Policy Institute, which will take place at West Virginia University in Morgantown later this month. Read.
The Daily Athena - The WVU Board of Governors voted to increase tuition 5% last week, along with a 3.5% increase in the cost of dining plans. Read.