WV: Livable Wages/Working Families
Monday, September 16, 2024
WV poverty rate for children among highest in nation
The number of West Virginia children living in poverty remains among the highest in the nation, and more children are living in households struggling …
Child care, tax cuts expected focus of upcoming WV special session
West Virginia lawmakers will convene for a Special Session on Sept. 30, with the state's child care crisis, proposed income tax cuts and supplemental …
West Virginia’s PSC faces lawsuit over coal-plant directive
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia is facing legal challenges for its 2021 directive that Appalachian Power increase the usage of three of…
Report: Percentage of good jobs, skilled trades to increase over next decade
As the economy continues to struggle with inflation and ongoing fears of a potential recession, a new report found the nation's labor market will add …
Program creates jobs for West Virginians to stay in their communities
This article was produced by Resource Rural.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for the Resource Rural-Public…
WV advocates: eliminate medical debt from credit scores
West Virginia healthcare advocates are applauding a recent proposed rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to remove medical bills from cred…
WV receives $140 million to clean up abandoned mine lands
West Virginia will receive $140 million to clean up legacy pollution in regions decimated by decades of coal mining. The money is part of $725 …
Report: Procedural reasons driving WV kids' loss in health coverage
More than 62,000 West Virginia kids have been dis-enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP and most were removed for p…
Report: America’s wealthiest now worth a record $5.8 trillion
The nation's billionaires have doubled their wealth over the past seven years, while working people in West Virginia and elsewhere continue to face …
Reimagining WV coal country by building on state’s legacy as an energy provider
By Ramona Schindelheim for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Nadia Ramlagan for West Virginia News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public New…
Black Lung cases rise, as federal benefits stagnate
The benefit payments miners sick with black lung disease receive are not keeping pace with the cost of living, a new analysis showed. Current …
Critics: Changes in WV unemployment benefits will harm families amid inflation
Critics say a bill passed by West Virginia lawmakers increases the bureaucratic red tape folks who rely on unemployment benefits have to navigate and …