Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Despite economic growth, West Virginia was one of just two states to see its poverty rate increase from 2016 to 2017, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Read.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail - Fewer West Virginians had health insurance in 2017 than the year before, reversing a years-long trend of coverage increasing, according to U.S. Census data released Wednesday. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - Census data released Wednesday shows fewer West Virginians had health insurance in 2017 than in 2016. Read.
Charleston Daily Mail - A year ago, I made the regrettable decision to issue an economic forecast in this space: “West Virginia will enjoy relatively strong economic growth in the next five years. Read.
The Parthenon - Tri-State Indivisible sponsored a debate Monday, with representatives from Wolf- Pac, the American Civil Liberties Union and West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy discussing removing money from politics. Read.
Marshall Parthenon - Tri-State Indivisible sponsored a debate Monday, with representatives from Wolf- Pac, the American Civil Liberties Union and West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy discussing removing money from politics. Read article. “We want to propose an amendment to end the corrupting influence of money in politics and restore free and fair elections,”…
State Journal - Is West Virginia producing enough college graduates? State education officials say the clear answer to that question is an emphatic “no.” Read.
Public News Service - Some West Virginians fighting student loan debt say they feel they've been given a life sentence - a debt sentence. Read.
State Journal - Gov. Jim Justice, state revenue officials and some business leaders think consistently better-than-expected revenue collections are the sign of an economic turnaround for the Mountain State. Read.
Bowles Rice Views & Visions - West Virginia is facing an economic crisis. For far too long, a high share of low-wage jobs coupled with declining workforce participation has caused us to rank poorly on health, education, incarceration and poverty when compared to other states. While there is no silver bullet to fixing all of these…