Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has lifted pauses on SNAP benefit time limits that helped more able-bodied adults without dependents have access to food without restrictions. Read the full article. Now that these time limits are back, hundreds of adults in Cabell County have lost their SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
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Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - Although many states have experienced significant decreases in the percentage of their populations who are living in poverty in recent years, West Virginia's poverty level remain largely unchanged, experts say. Read.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - At the legislature today, when their party took over control of the House and Senate, Republicans promised tort reform. Watch Sean O'Leary on the Legislature Today talking about the state's prevailing wage law.Several bills are moving through the legislative process including one about nursing home administrators that was up for…
SNL Financial - West Virginia coal producers could create between 150 and 196 jobs and provide $34 million in new economic activity if the state were to implement policies that favor in-state coal, a recent report from the West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research, or BBER, found. Read The report, titled "Government…
Charleston Gazette-MailΒ -Β Food for all. Itβs a simple concept most of us among West Virginiaβs hills agree with. No one should go hungry. Thatβs why the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition and other partners are holding a one-day food summit β βFood For AllβΒ β to gather those…
WV Watch - As an educator and parent, I have seen firsthand the power of public schools to help our students achieve brighter futures and bring our communities together. But I have also watched the underfunding and politicization of public education in West Virginia over the past decade and the consequences for our stateβs students.Β …
Even before the 2016 gubernatorial race begins in earnest, Senate President Bill Cole (R β Mercer) has already received substantial contributions from oil and gas interests in West Virginia. He has been endorsed by a super PAC that has so far raised $70,600 ($10,000 from oil and gas interests), and he has been backed by…
Please join financial education practitioners, researchers and stakeholders to learn more about the state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). This event is designed to promote a better understanding of the state EITC and the importance of financial inclusion by featuring top researchers and policy experts who can share best practices with the group. Register today!…
This report was written for WVCBP by Rayna E. Momen, MA. Introduction Over the past 40 years, the mass incarceration of women has exploded in West Virginia (WV), growing by a staggering 2,731 percent from 1978 to 2019. Female incarceration has grown so quickly, in fact, that women are being incarcerated at a higher rate…