WVCBP in the News

September 10, 2017 by Sean O'Leary
Storm Relief Needed In Our Daily Lives, Too

Beckley Register-Herald - As you read this, people are struggling across our country, trying to find their way forward. And we're not talking only about our friends in Houston in the wake of Hurricane Harvey that dumped copious amounts of rain on southeastern Texas or the good people of Florida who stand in the way…

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September 1, 2017 by Sean O'Leary
Gazette editorial: If anything, the next federal health proposal is worse

Charleston Gazette-Mail - When Congress returns to Washington this month, it is possible that lawmakers may be distracted by the people's needs -- emergency funding for Houston and Louisiana, raising the debt ceiling, things like that. But it is likely that the House will take up the Cassidy-Graham amendment, the next assault on health care…

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August 26, 2017 by Seth DiStefano
Experts: Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Could Hurt Panhandle’s Economic Engine

Martinsburg Journal - Eastern Panhandle residents relying on federal assistance programs — including Medicaid, SNAP and PELL grants — will have to make do with less under proposed Congressional legislation aimed at cutting these and other federal assistance programs over the next 10 years, say government experts. Read.

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August 24, 2017 by Sean O'Leary
Report: WV spent less on higher ed in 2016-2017

Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia spent 22.4 percent less on higher education this year than it spent at the beginning of the Great Recession, according to a report from a left-leaning national think tank. Read.

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August 24, 2017 by Sean O'Leary
Report: Cuts to Higher Ed Hurt States

Huntington Herald Dispatch - West Virginia and Kentucky are among 13 states that cut funding to higher education this year, with West Virginia cutting per-student funding two years in a row, according to a new report. Read.

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