ITEP - State legislative sessions are in full swing this week as states grapple with revenue shortfalls and the ramifications of the federal tax cut bill. Read.
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Huntington Herald-Dispatch - A bill that would impose a work requirement to be eligible to receive public assistance is being criticized as harmful to West Virginia's poor as well as local businesses, but lawmakers proposing the bill say the goal is to make sure the benefits are being used by those who really need them. Read.
WOWK- With the West Virginia Legislative session now in full swing, all eyes are on the budget process. The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy held it's annual breakfast briefing, with lawmakers in attendance. This year there are big concerns about education funding, and other programs given that Governor Justice promised no new taxes. Read.
MetroNews - Governor Jim Justice gathered his girls basketball team from Greenbrier East High School around him at the state Capitol, using them as an example of teamwork.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch – The socioeconomic disparities that plague West Virginians are amplified among the state’s African-American population, said the Rev. Matthew Watts, who organized the State of African Americans in West Virginia Summit hosted Monday at Marshall University. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - A curious thing happened in the year-long GOP tragicomedy to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act. Apparently, citizens were paying attention to the political shennanigans, to the messaging, to the media, to the propaganda and the policy. Less to the tweets. They were able to sift through fact and fiction, through…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Gov. Jim Justice said it's proof that the "tides are turning" in West Virginia. Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher called it "unprecedented." Rep. David McKinley said it will "spur tremendous economic growth in our communities." Read.
HuntingtonNews.Net - On Monday, Nov. 13, speakers and panelists will gather on Marshall University's Huntington campus to talk about challenges African Americans in the Mountain State have faced in the past and continue to encounter. Read.
Morgantown Dominion Post - The executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy headlined a panel discussion Nov. 7 at Valley HealthCare aimed at rallying opposition to federal and state tax reform proposals. Read.
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.