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84% of WV households receiving SNAP also include someone covered by Medicaid. This extensive overlap raises concerns that families being harmed by HR 1's SNAP changes will soon face another complicated reporting process to maintain access to health care. wvpolicy.org/more-than-four-…
It is important to note that losing benefits does not necessarily mean someone is no longer eligible. Eligible people often lose assistance because they miss a notice, encounter a tech problem, can't submit documents, or can't reach an eligibility worker before their case closes.
“It’s about ensuring that the resources provided reflect the responsibilities that we’re expected to fulfill… to ensure that we have a funding system that reflects what it actually costs to provide the education our students are entitled to receive under the Constitution."
New: Pressure is mounting in courts to deal with WV school funding as Berkeley County prepares lawsuit.
Families, school officials and their lawyers are turning to the courts after lawmakers didn’t address the funding formula.
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It cannot be overstated how much red tape Republicans added to the process of getting Medicaid and SNAP.
Millions of people who literally qualify for these programs are being kicked off them, despite qualifying, because of all the red tape Grassley voted to add to them.
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As 2027 marketplace open enrollment approaches, people facing higher premiums may turn to subpar health products outside the marketplace. But these products lack benefits and consumer protections that are standard in ACA plans: cbpp.org/blog/health-coverag…
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The question of adequate funding for West Virginia’s schools is heating up in court.
One school-funding lawsuit is heading to the state Supreme Court. Another lawsuit on similar grounds is being prepared by Berkeley County schools officials.
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"About 140 public schools have closed across the state since 2011. The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy points to declining enrollment, the end of COVID relief funds, funds diverted to the Hope Scholarship and an outdated school funding formula as contributors."
In Mingo County, teachers helped one low-income student go on to become a first-generation college student. She wanted her son to attend the same school. But now that it's losing funds to the Hope Scholarship, she too will probably have to homeschool.
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The @WestVirginiaAG alleges WV Rivers engaged in “unfair” or “deceptive” practices through claims that fossil fuels cause climate change, severe weather, and economic damage, treating the group’s climate advocacy and scientific claims as potential commercial fraud.
Attorney General J.B. McCuskey’s office issued an investigatory subpoena to West Virginia Rivers Coalition for a decade of records on climate claims, internal deliberations, fundraising and partnerships.
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We used to have a federal survey that measured hunger in America, but the Trump administration stopped conducting the survey right after the bill that cut food assistance was passed.
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In Raleigh County, Mabscott Elementary teachers buy their low-income students new clothes and take their clothes home to wash. Now the small school is on track to close, and parents worry their kids will become nameless and faceless. Lawmakers could help.
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Since 2011, there have been roughly 80,000 more deaths than births in West Virginia – a statistic that “impacts everything,” O’Leary said.
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West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy retweeted
School closures are forcing some people into using the voucher when their first *choice* of a public school nearby is taken from them, in some cases when it isn’t their preference. That’s why all hope # growth isn’t necessarily proof of popularity or preference
Not that I have opinions but one could say this aged poorly.
Roane County had the largest drop in public school enrollment this year-- after two schools closed at the end of 2025-26 school year.
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