Encore: The Grand March And A Year After A Denied Abortion, Inside Appalachia

This week, for nearly a century, the Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival has staged a formal dance. Organizers rely on a manual that’s been passed down for generations. Also, abortion is illegal in most cases in Tennessee. So what happens after a birth? A photographer followed one mother for a year. And, new prisons are touted as a way to bring jobs to former coal communities. Not everybody agrees the trade-off is worth it.

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Government Curtis Tate, Sep. 04, 2024

Justice To Call Special Session To Enact Another Income Tax Cut

Justice said he’d promised the state’s voters to give them relief from higher prices due to inflation.

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Government Eric Douglas, Apr. 15, 2024

State Budget Revenue Healthy, Officials Unsure About Tax Cut Trigger

State revenue is solid for the year, and over estimates, but down from last year because of personal income tax reductions and severance taxes.

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Energy & Environment Jack Walker, Apr. 15, 2024

W.Va. Analysts Develop New Tech To Visualize Flood Risks

West Virginia geospatial officials are developing new technology to help visualize flood and landslide risk in the state. The project aims to create more accessible and updated community-level flood risk data.

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Economy Briana Heaney, Jan. 09, 2024

OmniTrax Will Continue Operations Of Potomac Eagle

OmniTrax took over operations of the South Branch Valley Railroad on Dec. 1. The company told legislators a month into its 40 year lease with that state, that it plans to continue the operations of Potomac Eagle, a scenic passenger train.

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Health & Science Emily Rice, Dec. 12, 2023

Lawmakers Fear Overlap In Newly Separated DHHR

The Office of Shared Administration will operate the newly separated West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources starting Jan. 1 during a meeting of the Legislative Oversight Commission on Health and Human Resources Accountability.

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Education Chris Schulz, Dec. 11, 2023

Legislators Hear Update On Plan To Address Teacher Shortage

Now in its second year, the West Virginia Grow Your Own program aims to start students interested in becoming teachers on the path to certification in high school.

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