West Virginia Watch, Charleston Gazette-Mail - Gov. Patrick Morrisey is asking for public input on West Virginia’s application for millions of dollars in federal funding meant to target rural health. Read the full article. The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services opened the application process for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program on…
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West Virginia News - Since signing an executive order providing religious exemptions to vaccines earlier this year, Gov. Patrick Morrisey has called on lawmakers to codify the exemptions into law. However, measures aimed at doing so failed during the regular session this year. Read the full article. Morrisey continues to tout the support he’s received…
WCBC Radio - More West Virginia schools could soon be forced to cut school nurses, meal programs, and other services with the passage of the Trump administration’s budget bill. Listen to the full segment. More than 235,000 of the state’s children are expected to be impacted, according to Tamaya Browser with the West Virginia Center…
WCHS - West Virginia faces persistent teacher shortages, broadband access, ongoing learning loss and debates over school choice. Communities are grappling with how best to educate the next generation. Read the full segment. Eyewitness News’ Town Hall “The Future of Education in Appalachia: What’s Working, What’s Broken?” explores the challenges and innovations shaping Appalachian classrooms…
The Intermountain - Kump Education Center will host Randolph County native Seth DiStefano as the speaker for First Friday Focus on Education on Friday, Sept. 5 at 5 p.m. Read the full article. He works with the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy in a coalition of concerned citizens called “Together for Public Education.”…
Hampshire Review - It was a long summer for many of our Hampshire County students, with the return to school bringing some relief from the food insecurity affecting far too many of them. Read the full article.
West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginians have deep concerns about the state of the public school system, according to the most recent edition of the MetroNews West Virginia Poll. Read the full article. Forty-six percent of respondents in the latest edition of the poll describe themselves as dissatisfied with the public schools. Just 34% say…
West Virginia Watch - WorkForce West Virginia recently released data that shows the state’s labor force has been in a steady decline for the last 14 months. Read the full article. The Mountain State has lost more than 4,000 jobs and about 7,600 people from its workforce in the last year. The amount of people…
Mountain State Spotlight, Times West Virginian, Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Clay County Free Press - If you rely on Medicaid for your health care, or you know and love someone who does, you’ve almost certainly heard about the massive cuts Congress made to the program. Read the full article. A new law makes the biggest cuts to…
Parsons Advocate - There’s a lot I think you should know about the power plant and data center proposed near Davis and Thomas, AKA the Fundamental Data Ridgeline Project. I write this out of deep concern about my friends, neighbors, and all residents of Tucker County, including those I’ve never met. My tone is meant…