West Virginia Public Broadcasting - National academic assessments have shown the pandemic students across the nation lost ground in both reading and math. One study is pinpointing the investments needed to be made in education to ensure future success. Read the full article. The Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation indicates West Virginia…
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Public News Service - Math and reading proficiency among West Virginia kids has worsened over the past five years, according to new data. Read the full article. The latest Kids Count Data Book from the Annie E. Casey Foundation showed in 2022, 85% of the state's eighth graders were behind in math and 78% of fourth graders…
Dominion Post, Aol - The 2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book is out, and while West Virginia is steadily climbing rungs in its general showing from last year, the state still remains in the lower tier of the nation related to children’s health. Read the full article. West Virginia’s composite rating was 35th in the country –…
MSN - Washington DC's wealthy remote workers are ditching the nation's capital for the country roads of West Virginia - pushing up rent costs in the poverty-stricken state and pricing out locals. Read the full article. A shift to remote working during the pandemic has enabled DC's top earners to relocate to rural areas and…
West Virginia Watch, Beckley Register-Herald, Times West Virginian - As August approaches, state leaders are still uncertain about what the impact could be of the impending trigger that could — depending on revenue collections — bring an end to the state’s personal income tax and, in turn, a budget deficit of unknown proportions. Read the…
West Virginia Watch, News from the States - West Virginia public schools need money, that’s no secret. Read the full article. Many schools are struggling to figure out what they’re going to do when they lose the temporary federal pandemic funding, which ends in September. For the 2024-2025 school year, there will be $392 million…
West Virginia Watch, News from the States - West Virginia lawmakers will give an additional $27 million to the Hope Scholarship, the state’s education savings account program, from unused state dollars. Read the full article. It is one of the nation’s broadest education saving account programs, giving roughly $4,400 per student in taxpayer money to families to…
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has lifted pauses on SNAP benefit time limits that helped more able-bodied adults without dependents have access to food without restrictions. Read the full article. Now that these time limits are back, hundreds of adults in Cabell County have lost their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Mountain State Spotlight - Just two years after changing it, lawmakers have taken another whack at the Rainy Day Fund formula. Read the full article. But that change could lead to problems later on, according to one policy expert. The Rainy Day Fund — West Virginia’s emergency fund — has been around since 1994. While it’s been…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - The West Virginia House of Delegates refused to concur with the state Senate’s amendment to Senate Bill 1001 in a late-night session Monday. Read the full article. Senate Bill 1001 and its counterpart, House Bill 101, aim to restore funding to the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services, focused…