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This week, Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel takes on issues of class and classical music. Also, kudzu warriors band together to fend off invasive plants and take back the land. And, it’s pawpaw season, but a new bug could be harming the trees.
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Ted Boettner with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy discusses the group’s latest report detailing Governor Tomblin’s 2017 budget proposal.
Boettner explains previous tax cuts alongside the declining severance tax collections have hurt the state budget for years in a row. He also focuses in on the importance of funding higher education.
Senate committees take on two major bills Tuesday- one to increase the state’s tobacco tax, the other to remove the requirement to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon.
Both committees began discussing amendments to the bills, but will continue considering them Wednesday in meetings.
A special report from the state’s prison system shows how a program to train service dogs for veterans or children with disabilities is also helping the inmates working with the dogs.
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On this West Virginia Week, a mine operation in Kanawha County gets a WARN Notice, three Wyoming County Schools will remain closed until next week, and we learn the origins of the Flatwoods Monster.
This week, Barbara Kingsolver’s new novel takes on issues of class and classical music. Also, kudzu warriors band together to fend off invasive plants and take back the land. And, it’s pawpaw season, but a new bug could be harming the trees.
Barbara Kingsolver is one of Appalachia’s foremost writers. She’s written a string of bestsellers, like "The Poisonwood Bible" and "Demon Copperhead," which won her the Pulitzer Prize. Inside Appalachia’s Mason Adams met Kingsolver at her home outside Abingdon, Virginia, to talk art, writing and her latest book, "Partita." We listen to an excerpt from that interview.
West Virginia has seen the largest population decline in the nation - nearly 1.5% - and many of those leaving are young people. In an episode that aired last month, Us & Them host Trey Kay heard from some young people who think they may stay in the state to launch their futures. This month, Kay talks with those who say living their dreams may well require moving away from the Mountain State. We listen to an excerpt from the latest Us & Them.