The News Virginian, The Denver Post - Barack Obama need not ask how well he's doing in coal country, because the answer is always the same: Not well. Read A cerebral black man never had much of a chance in poor, rural white Appalachia; let's be honest (though we don't have to like it). In 2012,…
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West Virginia Metro News – An advocate for West Virginia's low and middle income families along with other vulnerable populations says the Mountain State is at a crossroads now that the Environmental Protection Agency has proposed new emissions limits for existing coal-fired power plants. Read Most state leaders have been quick to criticize the draft…
Charleston Gazette - Last June, on a warm day on the campus of Georgetown University, President Obama took off his suit jacket and launched into his most significant speech to date about the dangers human society faces from the buildup of greenhouse gases in the planet's atmosphere. Wiping sweat from his forehead, Obama promised serious…
Associated Press, Huntington Herald-Dispatch — Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin plans to restore funding to some West Virginia social services programs that he previously cut. Read Tomblin wrote to state Senate President Jeff Kessler and House Speaker Tim Miley on Wednesday that the restored funding includes $150,000 for an in-home family education program, $80,000 for child…
Charleston Gazette - While almost every state in the country slashed spending on higher education during the recent recession, West Virginia is one of the only states continuing to cut funding to its public colleges and universities, a new report shows. Read From last fiscal year to this fiscal year, West Virginia cut more in…
West Virginia Public Radio - A new report says West Virginia's lagging way behind nationally in funding for higher education. While West Virginia continues to cut in that department, many other states are allocating more dollars. Listen Following the 2008 recession, most states decided to make cuts, but most are now putting more dollars into…
The State Journal - The Center on Budget and Policy released a report May 1 that shows West Virginia isn't the only state making cuts to higher education. Read However, the Mountain State only stands in front of Wyoming in how much those cuts are over the last school year. West Virginia, according to the…
The State Journal - On April 23, the Our Children, Our Future Campaign released a new report it's using to urge Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to re-consider his line item veto of over $1 million in early childhood programs. Read The group is hoping to convince the governor to include in a special session the…
Beckley Register-Herald - Celena Roby has spent the last six years looking over her shoulder just in case she sees him — the man who abused her for 11 years and who held her captive in a bathroom while her two children begged him not to hurt their mother. She left home with her two…
Morgantown Dominion-Post and InsuranceNewsNet.com - "We are failing our kids in West Virginia. But we do not have to." Read That grim assessment is the opening line of a report "Child Poverty in West Virginia: A Growing and Persistent Problem," released last year by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. The report is…