Mountain State Spotlight, Beckley Register-Herald, Times West Virginian, West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Hunger in West Virginia — a complex problem tied to shuttered grocery stores, infrastructure issues and generational poverty — has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. The problem is one that advocates say requires state-level policy and funding to supplement the nonprofits and…
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WOWK13 - Nonpartisan West Virginia organizations came together at Coonskin Park Thursday to raise awareness for the Child Tax Credit increase. Read the full article. Part of the American Rescue Plan passed this January by Congress, with eligible families in West Virginia and across the country receiving monthly payments of up to $300 per child.…
Public News Service - The latest poll by Americans for Tax Fairness found rural voters overwhelmingly support the idea of corporations and the wealthy paying more taxes, or as it's often put, "their fair share." Read the full article. The American Jobs Plan includes several tax-code changes for only the highest-income Americans, many of whom now pay little or…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - He’s no pushover boss, this Jim Cowie fellow. Read the full article. “I am tough,” says the Suzi’s Hamburgers co-owner. “I work seven days a week, and I’ve worked hard all my life. So, if you’re someone who has to have your phone on you and respond to a new text all…
WCHSTV - The expansion of the Child Tax Credit program will benefit hundreds of thousands of West Virginia families, with 94% of children eligible. Read the full article. More than 345,000 West Virginia families should expect tp see an extra check in their mailboxes or bank accounts on July 15 from the federal government. Earlier…
West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginia has one of the highest percentages among states of households where there was sometimes or often not enough to eat during a week of trying to get by. Read the full article. That’s according to the most recent U.S. Census’s Household Pulse Survey, which showed that 11.8 percent of West…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice is pleased with how state government has ended the fiscal year. Read the full article. “We’re in great shape West Virginia,” the governor said during a briefing today. Figures released today by the state Senate Finance Committee show that state government exceeded original revenue estimates by $415 million.…
Mountain State Spotlight - The defendant appeared on a television screen at 1:30 p.m. Read the full article. The courtroom was still and quiet. There wasn’t anyone in the benches to watch — no crowd of press, no excess of legal aides. It was just two lawyers, a judge, a handful of courtroom staff and…
WGSN Radio - For the first time ever, California posted a population decline in 2020, and the United States as a whole didn’t fare much better. Its growth has decelerated to 0.35% year-over-year, the slowest growth rate since the Great Depression. Read the full article. Population experts blame the slowing growth rate on three big…
Mountain State Spotlight, Beckley Register-Herald - Shepherdstown Mayor Jim Auxer is proud to point out that, even throughout the pandemic’s worst months and the challenges they presented, his town managed to maintain its services and keep on all its government workers. Read the full article. Auxer estimates Shepherdstown lost a couple hundred thousand dollars in…