WVVA - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy reports that $330 million and 400 jobs have been cut in the mountain state at the hands of the Department of Government Efficiency. Read the full article. “These reductions are already affecting public services and programs West Virginians rely on and are eliminating jobs in…
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WCHS, MSN - West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy senior policy outreach director Seth DiStefano isn't so sure the Make America Healthy Again initiative is in the best interest of West Virginians. Read the full article. “This has nothing to do with health,” DiStefano said. On Monday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s request to remove soda…
West Virginia Watch - West Virginia’s plan to stop Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits from being used to purchase soda will cost state retailers thousands of dollars to purchase new equipment, a representative of a trade association said Wednesday. Read the full article. Traci Nelson, president of the West Virginia Oil Marketers and Grocers Association,…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Longtime readers might remember when West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, members of his administration and state Republican leadership were over the moon about the state being ranked No. 1 in the nation for personal income growth in the first quarter of 2019. Read the full article. Justice, now a Republican U.S. senator,…
West Virginia Watch, Yahoo News - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has officially approved West Virginia’s plan to disallow the use of federal food assistance benefits to purchase soda and sugary drinks. Read the full article. Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday joined USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary…
The Intermountain - I am astounded that the United States Congress passed the Reconciliation Bill, also known as the Big Beautiful Bill. Read the full article. The West Virginia Congressional Delegation, including Senator Capito, Senator Justice, Representative Miller, and Representative Moore, should understand how disappointing their support of this legislation is. I work with vulnerable,…
WVVA - The 2022 death of a man inside Southern Regional Jail due to assault from corrections workers has spurred a new data reporting system in West Virginia. Read the full article. The Quantez Burks Report was recently launched by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Burks was secreted away, restrained and brutally beaten…
The Guardian - Poverty and hunger will rise as a result of the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to the US federal “food stamps” program, according to experts. Low-income workers who rely on the aid are braced for dire consequences. Read the full article. Katie Giede, a single mother and waitress in Conyers, Georgia, is one of…
WOAY - In West Virginia, the name Quantez Burks has become a symbol of a more profound crisis within the state’s jail and prison system. Read the full article. Burks died in 2022 after being assaulted while handcuffed by state employees at Southern Regional Jail. Though the state initially claimed he died of natural causes, a…
Mountain State Spotlight - Members of Congress argued that work requirements for Americans who get health care through Medicaid would help get lazy people off the couch. Read the full article. For example, Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., said, “Yes, if individuals don’t want to look for jobs, if they don’t want to look for work, then yes,…