WOWK - Charity organizations like Manna Meal are asking for help from the public because a long-term government shutdown would mean thousands of people across the state could not use their federal benefits to find their next meal, like SNAP benefits and WIC benefits. Read the full article. Amidst talk of the federal shutdown,…
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West Virginia Watch - West Virginia’s poor Black infant and maternal health outcomes will be the focus of a two-day meeting in Charleston next month. Read the full article. The event, Empowering Black Infant and Maternal Health Progress in West Virginia, is scheduled for Oct. 15 and 16 in the WVSSPA Conference Center, 1610 Washington…
WOWK - On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, we talk about the West Virginia Treasurer candidacy, child poverty, Habitat for Humanity and healthcare. Watch the full segment. In Segment One, we talk to Steven Schetrom (R-Candidate for WV Treasurer) about his candidacy. In Segment Two, we talk to Sean O’Leary, West Virginia…
WOWK - West Virginia has the highest rate of child poverty of any state in the nation, and the problem is getting worse before it gets better. Read the full article. In West Virginia, 25% of children live in poverty, this is a 21% jump from 2022. This means that 86,000 children in West Virginia…
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - West Virginia University’s far-reaching plan of academic cuts follows years of challenges at the flagship school. Read the full article. On Friday, the university’s board of governors axed 28 majors and 143 faculty positions as officials attempt to mitigate a $45 million deficit that could swell to $75 million by 2028. Upon the cuts, WVU…
Mountain State Spotlight A quarter of West Virginia’s children are living in poverty thanks in part to the actions of Democratic West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, who repeatedly stymied federal legislation to extend the expanded child tax credit. The program provided monthly cash payments to families of over 300,000 kids in the state in 2021. West Virginia’s…
WOWK CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) – Millions of dollars worth of overtime within the Charleston Police Department dominated conversation Monday night at the Charleston City Council meeting. On Monday, Sept. 18, council members Shannon Snodgrass and Beth Kerns voiced their opposition regarding the thousands of hours of overtime racked up by officers last year. In fact,…
West Virginia Watch, Hampshire Review - One in four children in West Virginia were living in poverty in 2022, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week. Read the full article. West Virginia was the only state in the nation to see its rate of child poverty increase from 2021, according…
WOWK CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — It’s not just leadership issues that are stirring up controversy in the Charleston Police Department. The staggering cost of police overtime pay is also raising some eyebrows. Major events such as the return of the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta and Live on the Levee fuel the need for police overtime. But the city…
Charleston Gazette-Mail A recent report from the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy found that Charleston police officers are increasing overtime by thousands of hours and dollars each year. Sara Whitaker, author of the report, found that, in fiscal year 2023 (July 2022-June 2023), Charleston officers claimed 78,004 hours of overtime to the tune of almost…