West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Two more school districts have been placed under states of emergency by the state Board of Education. The board is also gearing up for a confrontation over vaccine requirements. Read the full article. The West Virginia Board of Education voted to declare states of emergency in Boone and Randolph county…
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Public News Service, Clay County Free Press - A new report shows West Virginia has improved the well-being of its children but the Mountain State still ranks the in the bottom tier of states for measures such as child poverty, education and health. Read the full article. The findings come from the 2025 Kids Count Data…
West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginia improved its overall child well-being ranking compared to last year, according to an annual assessment — although that meant moving from 44th to 41st among the states. Read the full article. That’s according to the most recent Kids Count Data Book, a 50-state report of recent data developed by the…
WCHS - Kanawha County teacher Summer Grose has seen changes in her school district since the Hope Scholarship came into play. Read the full article. The scholarship provides funds for qualifying students to attend a school of their choice, whether public or private, and can also be used for homeschooling, But with that comes hardships…
West Virginia MetroNews - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has asked several questions about how West Virginia would manage proposed changes to purchases allowable under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read the full article. For example: what about bottles of sweet tea? West Virginia has applied for a federal waiver to remove soda from eligible purchases under…
Times West Virginian, Yahoo News - Four months after forming, the voices against West Virginia's national elected leaders are getting louder. Read the full article. "We went from about 25 people in a smaller church basement," Mindy Holcomb, an organizer at West Virginia Citizen Action Group, said. "We now have, I think, close to 1,800…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Higher severance tax and sales tax revenues helped offset a slump in personal and corporate income tax revenues in May. Read the full article. Higher natural gas prices and increased demand for coal to produce electricity pushed severance tax revenues to $47.5 million in May, a 44% increase over May 2024. Personal…
Good Men Project - Amy Wolfe sees almost every type of person pass through the door of Manna Meal on Charleston’s West Side: young people, middle-aged, retirees, homeowners, families, those derailed by the pandemic. Many are employed full time, coming up a little or more short each paycheck. For most, healthy food is a luxury. For some,…
Mountain State Spotlight, Times West Virginian - As Congress moves toward cutting crucial funding that helps West Virginians — many of them elderly or disabled or children — get the food they need, state elected officials so far have no plan to reduce the harm. Read the full article. Under a plan passed by the…
West Virginia Watch - Republicans in Congress aren’t satisfied with just slashing Medicaid, so they are now looking at using reconciliation to repeal large swaths of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to pay for tax breaks for billionaires, big corporations and campaign donors. Read the full article. These days, everyone has heard of “Obamacare,” the…