Sunday Gazette-Mail - Apparently upset that the Governor's Blue Ribbon Commission on Highways failed to find a pot of gold to pay for construction and maintenance of state roadways, a trio of Republican delegates -- Daryl Cowles, R-Morgan; Paul Espinosa, R- Jefferson; and Gary Howell R-Mineral -- announced they were heading down to Richmond to…
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West Virginia Public News Service - Raising the minimum wage would help the state's working poor and in the process, improve the economy for everyone, according to a new analysis. Read Sean O'Leary, policy analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, is the author of the new report, Giving West Virginia's Workers…
Charleston Gazette - Cutting benefits to part time workers may save CAMC money but it's unlikely to change the amount the hospital pays in "Cadillac" tax, those familiar with that provision of the Affordable Care Act, said. Read Earlier this week, Charleston Area Medical Center announced it would cut back health benefits for its part-time…
Charleston Gazette - West Virginians will see more benefits from the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, than residents of almost any other state, according to a new study from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Read In West Virginia 81 percent of currently uninsured residents will receive some sort of financial help in getting…
Charleston Daily Mail and Beckley Register-Herald - Five years ago, Dick Wittberg and his staff at the Parkersburg-based Mid-Ohio Valley Health Department organized a massive dental operation. Read Wittberg, director of a department that serves six West Virginia counties, had become aware of what he calls the "unbelievable need for dental services in West Virginia."…
WCHS-TV - One group is trying to combat the fact that more children are living in poverty. Read A coalition led by families, congregations, businesses, advocates and unions are gathering at the West Virginia Capitol trying to find strategies to fight the issue. Three in 10 West Virginia children under age 6 live in poverty…
West Virginia Metro News - Comments are now being accepted on the federal Environmental Protection Agency's proposed emissions limits for new coal-fired power plants which are designed to reduce carbon pollution. Read Jeri Matheney, Communications Director for Appalachian Power, said the proposal will make building a new coal-fired plant difficult. "It really effectively eliminates coal…
Charleston Gazette - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed regulations that would cap carbon emissions from new coal-fired power plants generated outrage from some over the new rules, and hope from some that West Virginia might be spurred to action to plan for a decline in coal production. Read
Charleston Gazette - More than five years after the start of the great recession, West Virginians' incomes continue to stagnate and poverty is still pervasive, despite soaring corporate profits nationwide and 41 consecutive months of job growth, according to new Census data released Thursday. Read Median household income for West Virginians rose by about $900 to…
Charleston Gazette - One in five West Virginians gets money to buy food from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as the Food Stamp program. Read Nearly 40 percent of SNAP beneficiaries are children. Another 27 percent are elderly or disabled adults, while 22 percent are adults living with needy children.