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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Week, the unhoused population in the state declines, child well-being remains the same, and just how many abandoned gas wells are there?
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSave the Children has launched an initiative to attract more daycare workers for rural counties in West Virginia.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe economy is everything we buy or sell and the services we use. The show "Planet Money" from NPR dives into those topics and attempts to make sense of it all. And now, the show has published a book called "Planet Money: A Guide to the Economic Forces That Shape Your Life." We speak with the book's author and one of the show's hosts to break it down and learn more about what readers and listeners can gain.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsDespite an increase in state funding compared with last year, advocates for child care say an estimated 2,000 families could lose access to child care due to a lack of funding. The state had been relying on COVID-19 era federal funding to fund a ...
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this episode of The Legislature Today, News Director Eric Douglas talks with Del. Cathie Hess Crouse, R-Putnam, and Senate Minority Leader Mike Woelfel, D-Cabell, about the issue of child care in the state and how it is a personal and economic development issue.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsLawmakers are working to solve the child care crisis with three bills to improve staff and accessibility for West Virginia families.
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