Mountain State Spotlight - After sitting on hundreds of millions of dollars in federal aid for much of the pandemic, Gov. Jim Justice has at the 11th hour earmarked the last of West Virginia’s CARES Act money to food banks and emergency responders — but also to longer-term programs with few details yet announced. Read…
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Resilience - There’s a jolly old soul in West Virginia who’s laughing his a** off today. Who is this laugh-master? Why it’s Old King Coal, of course; and, he just got off the phone with Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV). Read the full article. On the call, West Virginia’s senior Senator told the old man he…
Colorado Sun, Colorado Springs Indy - Let me confess straight away that I have no idea why Joe Manchin decided after months of negotiations to announce — and on Fox News yet — that he was single-handedly blowing up the centerpiece of Joe Biden’s first-year agenda. Negotiations were still ongoing, and while Manchin’s objections were…
Intelligencer - On Sunday, Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia offered the American public a scapegoat in the shape of a state. He could not vote for the Build Back Better Act, he said, because of the people he represents. “If I can’t go home and explain it to the people of West Virginia, I can’t vote for…
Western Journal - Controversy and criticism continues to rain down on West Virginia’s Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin after he announced he would not be supporting the Build Back Better bill. Celebrity singer, actress and comedian Bette Midler has now added her voice to the mix. Read the full article. But instead of just criticizing Manchin, Midler…
Washington Post - As hard as it is to believe, Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin III reportedly blew up negotiations for the Build Back Better bill not over provisions to address climate change or tax proposals affecting wealthy Americans, but over the child tax credit that has lifted millions of children out of poverty. That makes even less…
WSAZ - West Virginia families are set to lose hundreds of dollars per month starting in January after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., decided not to support President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better (BBB) legislation. Read the full article. That bill includes the expansion of the current Child Tax Credit (CTC) that sends up to $300…
New York Times, Eminetra - Amid the swirl of recriminations and second-guessing that followed the announcement by Senator Joe Manchin III that he would not support President Biden’s signature domestic policy plan, one point of contention stood out: their differences over an expansion of the child tax credit. Read the full article. The legislation would…
FOX Business - Millions of American households last week received what may be the final child tax credit (CTC) payment until further notice. That's unless Democratic lawmakers can come to an agreement to pass President Joe Biden's signature social spending bill, the Build Back Better Act. Read the full article. Senate Democrats had hoped to…
Public News Service, Acorn Multi Sports - Children's advocates said they are hoping for major changes to the state's foster-care and child-protective services systems in the new year. Read the full article. Recent investigations have highlighted a strained foster-care system, largely because of the opioid crisis and lack of resources. Marissa Sanders, director of the West…