West Virginia Public Broadcasting - According the 2013 American Community Survey, one in three children in West Virginia under the age of 5 lives in poverty. It's something the Our Children, Our Future Campaign to End Child Poverty in West Virginia is focused on. The group met at the state capitol yesterday to reveal the…
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West Virginia Public News Service, Hampshire Review - Along with expanding Medicaid to the working poor, West Virginia will change billing rules to provide more behavioral health services though the program. Read The Department of Health and Human Resources is preparing to accept Medicaid billing from independent, licensed, masters-level clinical social workers. The West Virginia…
Charleston Gazette - When people think about their wages, annual salaries and expenses it's not always easy to compare current costs to past costs and figure out just what has changed financially. ReadThe minimum wage, created in 1938, has gone up over the years. But if wage increases are calculated using inflation rates, those increases…
The State Journal - President Barack Obama announced a landmark agreement with Chinese President Xi Jinping Nov. 11 that aims to cut back carbon dioxide emissions on a global level. ReadTo some, this comes off as a deal that would destroy the coal industry, as China accounts for almost half of the world's coal consumption;…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - The report is called Carbon Dioxide Emission Reduction Opportunities for the West Virginia Power Sector. It was spun out of an annual conference on anticipated rules to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, the EPA's Clean Power Plan, Rule 111(d). An environmental consulting firm based in Morgantown, Downstream Strategies,…
Charleston Gazette - The United States is becoming more diverse, said Mike Wenger, researcher and professor of race at George Washington University. ReadWenger, who spoke at Tuesday's Summit on Race Matters in Appalachia, said it's in a city or state's better interests to accept that."It's a reality we should embrace and treasure. Certainly for our…
Beckley Register-Herald - The news this week that the nonpartisan Tax Foundation has ranked West Virginia No. 21 in taxation burdens on citizens and business is a welcome improvement. Read That of course is a big move upward in the rankings, at least for people who think the state's tax structure discourages businesses from relocating here…
Beckley Register-Herald - A politically-neutral tax research organization has ranked West Virginia No. 21 overall in taxation burdens to its citizens and business, bucking the state's reputation for having an anti-business attitude. ReadThat's a far better ranking than in past years, or even decades.The Tax Foundation ranking of West Virginia was based on comparing each state's…
The State Journal - With the Mountain State constantly being ranked last, it might feel like a far stretch to say West Virginia might be doing tax structure the right way. ReadBut according to a new study, West Virginia is ranked 21 among the best business tax climates in the country. In the latest from the…
Lexington Herald-Leader - After an upswing this year, coal production declined in Eastern Kentucky in the July-through-September quarter and dragged employment down with it. ReadStatewide, however, production rose for the third quarter in a row because of growth in Western Kentucky, according to a report released Friday by the state Energy and Environment Cabinet.Tonnage had…