WVCBP in the News

June 1, 2021 by Quenton King
Housing Help And HIV Prevention On This West Virginia Morning

West Virginia Public Broadcasting - On this West Virginia Morning, people who have been incarcerated, once they get out, often struggle to find a job and a place to live. Those struggles often drive them back to crime, but re-entry councils are helping to address that problem. Also, in this show, Kanawha County has the most…

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May 30, 2021 by Sean O'Leary
West Virginians Grapple with the Future of the State’s Energy Production

The Dominion Post - Mason Anderson is a 21-year-old contracted worker at Mobile Power Washing who works at the coal-fired Fort Martin power plant in Maidsville, West Virginia. Last year, he decided he wasn’t going to continue his education at West Virginia University in civil engineering. Instead, he decided to attend asynchronous courses at Salem…

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May 27, 2021 by Sean O'Leary
States Tap Federal Aid to Shore up Empty Unemployment Funds

Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Businesses could be spared billions of dollars of higher taxes in coming years — potentially freeing up money to spend on employees or invest in their operations — as a result of federal coronavirus aid flowing to the states. Read the full article. Governors and lawmakers in more than half the…

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May 25, 2021 by Seth DiStefano
Food for All Coalition

WSAZ News Channel 3 - WVCBP policy outreach director Seth DiStefano discusses the efforts of the Food for All coalition and how it works to combat hunger and poverty in West Virginia. Watch the full interview here.

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May 24, 2021 by WVCBP
TUESDAY: Down Payment on an Old Note

Beckley Register-Herald - For a state that has given much to build this nation of steel, laboring in the coal mines all these years, it is frustrating to watch West Virginia’s two U.S. senators stand in the way of the Biden administrative plan to repay a portion of that debt. Read the full article. Yes,…

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May 20, 2021 by Kelly Allen
Justice Praises Improved Unemployment Report, but Still Says Enhanced Benefits Must End

West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice touted West Virginia’s improving unemployment rate while also saying not enough residents are going back to work. Read the full article. The statements were in two different parts of his regular pandemic briefing today. In one, he touted this week’s report that West Virginia’s unemployment rate has dropped to 5.8…

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May 18, 2021 by Sean O'Leary
Analyst: End of Supplemental Unemployment Benefits Could Slow State’s Economic Recovery

Charleston Gazette-Mail - Gov. Jim Justice has joined 20 other Republican governors in announcing plans to end federal supplemental unemployment benefits, claiming “a lot, lot, lot of folks are scamming the system” by accepting the extra $300-a-week payment. Read the full article. Justice said Friday, and reiterated Monday, that he is ordering the $300 payments…

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May 15, 2021 by WVCBP
Alleviating an Epidemic

Martinsburg Journal-News - It seems that just about everyone has been impacted by someone battling substance abuse or addiction. Although treatment options exist, limited resources make access challenging, and few treatment facilities seem to assert continued success. Read the full article. However, it appears that West Virginia’s Eastern Panhandle has been fortunate in welcoming the…

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May 15, 2021 by Kelly Allen
Justice Says He’ll Halt Enhanced Unemployment Benefits Next Month

West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice announced today the state will halt enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits at midnight June 19, just before West Virginia Day. Read the full article. “We’ve got to have you back to work. America is all about work. That’s what’s made this great country,” Justice said during a briefing today.…

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May 13, 2021 by Sean O'Leary
Region’s 2020 Census Results Not Sad Omen for All Rural Areas, Experts Say

Farm and Dairy - Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia are losing some influence in Congress, thanks to initial results from the 2020 Census, released April 26. But based on what policy experts are seeing, the shift isn’t rooted in changes to rural areas of those states. Read the full article. “It’s not strictly an urban-rural phenomena,”…

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