WVCBP in the News

September 15, 2017 by Sean O'Leary
Census data show 17.9% of West Virginians in poverty

Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report, Williamson Daily News, The Eagle, WOAY-TV - New federal data show 319,063 West Virginians living below the poverty line last year, a 17.9 percent rate unchanged from the year before and slightly lower than a measured peak in 2011. Read.

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September 13, 2017 by Sean O'Leary
Report: ACA Continues to Help West Virginians

West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Data released Tuesday by the United States Census Bureau shows the Affordable Care Act continues to reduce the number of West Virginians without health insurance. Read.

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September 13, 2017 by Seth DiStefano
Compassion Caravan Stops at Parkersburg

Parkersburg News and Sentinel - The meeting may not have been intentioned to become church, but those attending the "Compassion Calls Us" meeting got a dose of it anyway. Read.

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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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