Logan County, south of West Virginia, is a mountainous region essentially rural and mining villages that once thrived thanks to coal mining. Read In the heyday in the early 50s, the Logan County had nearly 80,000 residents. It remains now only half. Logan, with its 1700 inhabitants, is one of the cities in the United…
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Investor's Business Daily - An Oct. 17 court ruling was just the latest boost given coal producers in their long, slow battle against regulators and economic change. Read A U.S. District Court judge ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had failed to assess the effect on coal mining jobs caused by the agency's tightened power…
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Concord University students were asked Monday if they had ever been in a flood, used a public library, visited a state park, visited a hospital, called law enforcement or a fire department, or traveled West Virginia's roads. When most of these and other questions were answered in the affirmative, the state's…
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - West Virginia's state budget is facing some serious problems that require immediate action, according to the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy's executive director. Read The West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy is a nonpartisan organization that examines West Virginia's state budget and advocates for various programs to help improve…
Beckley Register-Herald - Upwards of 60,000 West Virginians could benefit when new overtime rules go into effect Dec. 1, but businesses predicted employment casualties if a lawsuit halting the implementation isn't successful. Read The changes would extend overtime pay to full-time, salaried employees netting less than $913 a week, or $47,476 yearly. Additionally, the rules…
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia is looking at a $300-$400 million budget deficit in fiscal year 2018, and state lawmakers must be ready to answer difficult questions about how to bridge the gap, officials with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy said. Read After a special legislative session that cost $595,000, Gov. Earl…
WDTV - The impending state budget shortfall has the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy drumming up solutions to keep us afloat. But which tax options do you think outweigh others and what areas should definitely not see budget cuts? Read/Listen The center has suggested different tax options for coming up with revenue and…
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - The Sierra Club has released polling data from Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia in which they found voters overwhelmingly supported the RECLAIM Act, 89 percent to 9 percent. The margin is only slightly smaller in West Virginia specifically 87 percent to 12 percent. Read Jim Kotcon, chair of…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Does our focus on revitalizing the coal industry hinder the state from diversifying its economy? Read/Listen A majority of West Virginians want the focus to be on diversification over protecting the coal industry, according to a new survey. Meanwhile, GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Cole says he would do both, in…
Lexington Herald-Leader, The Paducah Sun - There is strong support among voters of all stripes for a proposal that would provide $1 billion for mine reclamation projects in Eastern Kentucky and other areas hurt by a slump in coal jobs, according to a seven-state poll released Monday. Read The poll found that 89 percent of…