WVCBP in the News

December 31, 2020 by WVCBP
Nine Local Organizations Receive Funding from Sisters Health Foundation

Athens Messenger - Eight Athens County organizations were among the 34 recipients of grant funding in support of our vision of “healthy people in healthy communities”. At its most recent meeting, the Board of Directors approved a total of $387,500. Read the full article. Nine organizations that provide direct services, such as food and emergency…

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December 26, 2020 by WVCBP
Sisters Health Foundation Helps Fund Health Efforts

Parkersburg News and Sentinel - The Sisters Health Foundation awarded grant funding to 34 nonprofit organizations in the Mid-Ohio Valley in support of its vision of “healthy people in healthy communities.” Read the full article. At its most recent meeting, the Board of Directors approved a total of $387,500. Nine organizations that provide direct services, such…

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December 20, 2020 by Seth DiStefano
Community Reacts to Congress’ $900 Billion Relief Stimulus Deal

12WBOY, WOWK - A long-awaited $900 billion COVID-19 relief package is up in the air as Congress tries to make a decision to help millions of struggling Americans. Read the full article. Many people across the mountain state are relying on the money in that proposed package to stay afloat.  “What relief? Honestly, the $600…

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December 9, 2020 by WVCBP
Capito, Manchin Among Bipartisan Group of Senators Pushing Legislation to Promote Carbon Capturing

Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia’s two U.S. senators signaled support Tuesday for legislation that would build on a 2018 law designed to encourage technological innovation in carbon capture usage and storage. read the full article. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., were among the senators introducing the 45Q Carbon Capture Utilization…

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December 7, 2020 by WVCBP
Reporter’s Notebook: Breaking Down State Budget Into Simple Math

Wheeling News-Register, Parkersburg News and Sentinel - It’s the job of a reporter to explain why things are happening, but sometimes in our effort to simplify something we lose a bit in the explaining. Read the full article. Take the state budget, for example. West Virginia released the November General Revenue Fund tax collections, which…

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December 6, 2020 by Kelly Allen
With Dec. 30 Deadline for CARES, W.Va. Still has $800 Million to Spend

West Virginia MetroNews - With a federal deadline approaching Dec. 30, state records show West Virginia still has $819,769,216 of its $1.25 billion. Read the full article. Gov. Jim Justice has allocated the money, much of it to cover unemployment claims, but the bulk still appears banked rather than spent. Justice on Friday made reference to watching…

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December 4, 2020 by Seth DiStefano
IWVP: How a Second Stimulus Package Would Help West Virginians

WOWK - On Inside West Virginia Politics, Seth DiStefano with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy talks about the necessity of another CARES Act package. He says many of the provisions in the first package, such as the $600 per week boost to unemployment benefits were essential to keeping West Virginians afloat and…

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December 4, 2020 by WVCBP
Syringe Distribution Meets City Roadblock Amid Ordinance Concerns

West Virginia Public Broadcasting - A volunteer-run harm-reduction group in the city of Charleston called SOAR has come under fire from city officials for distributing syringes as part of its “mobile outreach” efforts. Read the full article. A representative from SOAR (Solutions Oriented Addiction Response) says group members started distributing syringes some time after the…

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