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Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsOn this West Virginia Morning, a company called Omnis Technologies has stepped forward as a potential buyer of the Pleasants Power Station, which is currently not producing any electricity. Curtis Tate speaks with Sean O’Leary, senior researcher on energy and petrochemicals at the Ohio River Valley Institute, about the proposal.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsSean O’Leary, senior policy analyst for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said the state could find itself with a shortfall instead of a surplus in the coming years. He spoke with energy and environment reporter Curtis Tate about the volatility of the severance tax.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsNew federal data show 319,063 West Virginians living below the poverty line last year, a 17.9 percent rate unchanged from the year before and slightly…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsData released Tuesday by the United States Census Bureau shows the Affordable Care Act continues to reduce the number of West Virginians without health…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe debate over drug testing public assistance recipients was revisited in an interim session Monday. One of the issues on the table is how to make a…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsA report released this month by the national Center on Budget and Policy Priorities looked at states across the country that cut their higher education…
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