West Virginia wives bring in more of their families' income than wives in all but one other state — according to a recent study as published in the Charleston Gazette. ReadIn the Mountain State, women provided 50.1 percent of their families' income, according to the July 29 study from the University of New Hampshire Carsey…
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West Virginia Public News Service, Logan Banner - Medicare is now 49 years old, and there are some signs that fears about the program's future may be easing. ReadThe influx of baby boomers reaching retirement age and increasing medical costs had lawmakers looking for options to prevent the program from going bankrupt. But Sam Burnett,…
Charleston Daily Mail - West Virginia was one of 12 states to receive low marks in a new study about how state governments come up with official revenue forecasts. Read The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a national nonprofit think tank, released the study last week regarding the processes states use to issue annual…
Charleston Gazette - Wives in West Virginia bring in more of their families' income than married women in all but one other state, according to a recent study. ReadIn the Mountain State, women provided 50.1 percent of their families' income, according to the July 29 study from the University of New Hampshire Carsey School of…
Charleston Gazette - Almost daily, stormy news surrounds West Virginia's coal industry. ReadAlpha Natural Resources notified 1,100 Mountain State miners of possible layoffs coming in mid-October. Earlier, Patriot Coal warned of 850 layoffs, and performed 75 of them so far. If all occur, several southern coal counties will suffer painfully.Thousands of miners and many politicians…
Charleston Gazette - This week, West Virginia leaders were painting a picture of the rosy future that could await the coal industry, were it not for the Obama administration. Sprinkled among comments criticizing proposed reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, the state's elected officials made it sound like the good times could be just around the…
Associated Press, Wichita Eagle, West Virginia Public Broadcasting — From Boone County banker Lee Milam's experience, each round of coal mine layoffs that hits southern West Virginia stifles his community's already-fragile economy. ReadThursday's news was especially bitter. Coal giant Alpha Natural Resources revealed plans to shed 1,100 workers at 11 West Virginia surface mines and…
Martinsburg Journal – Michael Wuest, a member of the Youth Leadership Association at Martinsburg High School, wanted to know what is needed so young people like himself would be able to stay in West Virginia. ReadCreating jobs and fighting substance abuse was the consensus of the four state delegates gathered for a question and answer…
Charleston Gazette - A major acquisition in the burgeoning field of discount stores may not have much effect for local residents. ReadOn Monday, Dollar Tree agreed to buy Family Dollar Stores for $8.5 billion. The move will see the merger of two of the nation's biggest discount retail stores, although Dollar Tree officials said they…
Charleston Gazette - More than $900,000 in refunds from insurance companies are headed to 8,300 people in West Virginia. ReadHealth and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced the payments Thursday, crediting the Affordable Care Act, and said the refunds in West Virginia will average $177 per family.The payments are being made under the medical…