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The Coal Workers’ Health Surveillance Program’s mobile black lung screening unit was in Morgantown last week — it’s the first time the mobile unit has been back in action since federal government cuts shut it down, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.
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COMMENTARY: Don’t believe it when they tell you they are only going after “waste, fraud and abuse” to shore up Medicaid. Medicaid has mechanisms for dealing with waste and fraud, and it represents an infinitesimal amount of overall spending, writes Ellen Allen.
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A radio cooperative serving Pocahontas County expects to lose more than half its annual budget after Congress passed a bill rescinding $1.1 billion previously approved for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, reports @lorikerseywv.bsky.social.
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COMMENTARY: The introduction of a $200,000 lifetime borrowing cap in the budget bill puts students in a financial chokehold, restricting opportunities before students even have a chance to crack open a casebook, writes Nyjilah Webb.
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West Virginia is partnering with the federal government to perform two flood mitigation studies in regions known for widespread and often devastating flooding events, according to a news release from Gov. Patrick Morrisey. Caity Coyne reports.
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COMMENTARY: For those who have been following the state’s opioid epidemic over the years, it probably came as no surprise more than half of the money cities and counties spent last year went to law enforcement, writes @leannray.bsky.social.
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COMMENTARY: I am a proven fiscal conservative who wants a balanced federal budget. Otherwise, we are leaving our children and grandchildren a tremendous crisis which will blow up in their lifetimes, ruining the U.S. economy, writes Jack Bernard.
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COMMENTARY: What these people don’t realize is that they’re being puppeteered by a well-financed, coordinated campaign to make them hate their fellow human beings. These tactics have consequences, and they can cost young people their lives, writes Nico Lang.
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@caitycoyne.bsky.social breaks down how local governments across the state spent their first allotment of opioid settlement funds — through graphics and interactive, searchable tables — allowing you to see all reported expenditures for yourself.
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COMMENTARY: Whether or not Sheedy sent the letter, the letter needed sending. West Virginia came to the polls for Trump. But he took his time in returning the favor and making a Major Disaster Declaration for the June floods, writes leannray.bsky.social.
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