WV News, Daily Antheneum - WVU has the highest rates of student loan default in the Big 12, and 725 graduates from the Class of 2012 have defaulted on their loans over the last four years. Read.
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Forbes - When Alexis de Tocqueville started traveling across the United States in 1831, he was taken aback by the powers granted to the people. But he quickly concluded that such freedoms are fragile — that they are put at risk by the powerful who are positioned to manipulate the economically feeble. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Nobody paid more to fund GOP Senate President Mitch Carmichael’s public relations campaign on the 2018 teacher and school service personnel strike than West Virginia’s largest coal producer. Read.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - As the 2018 midterm election approaches, some West Virginia Senate Republican leaders are making use of a large and influential worldwide public relations firm to aid in messaging about this year’s teacher strike and the economy. Read.
Huntington Herald Dispatch - After a six-month search, the WV Healthy Kids and Families Coalition announced it has hired Jennifer Wells as its next director. Read.
The Montgomery Herald - A coalition of individuals and organizations is coming together to host Food For All: 5 Bold Ideas to Challenge Hunger in West Virginia on Nov. 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Event Center at Brushy Fork near Buckhannon (929 Brushy Fork Road). Read.
WKU - New research this month shows that West Virginia and Kentucky have some of the nation’s worst rates of student loan defaults. Read.
CBS Money Watch - West Virginia has a growing poverty problem, and experts there who study the issue say Americans in every state should pay attention. Read.
The Inter-Mountain - A public summit is planned in Buckhannon to address the problem of hunger in West Virginia. Read.
Parkersburg News and Sentinel - Still wondering when that alleged economic recovery is going to come along for you? You are not alone. In West Virginia, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, nearly one-fifth of the population is below the poverty line. Read.