Slow progress is being made toward improving circumstances for state Child Protective Services workers and the young people they serve. Last week, state Department of Human Service Secretary Alex Mayer announced decreases in child welfare vacancies, which sit at a rate of 8.5% as of Sept. 1, ...
For nearly a quarter century, West Virginia families (and a select number of families nationwide) have had the advantage of being able to plan for their children’s education using the state’s SMART529 program. It has helped families save for post-secondary and other educational expenses, ...
* It’s a course many adults likely wish they had been able to take as students, but West Virginia Central Credit Union’s Mad Money financial literacy program is designed to teach today’s middle schoolers the realities of budgeting (and maybe give them a little sympathy for the adults in ...
As the U.S. Senate considers codifying the reestablishment of the National Coal Council, lawmakers have an opportunity. U.S. Rep. Michael Rulli’s bill drew support from enough Democrats in the House of Representatives that it is now moving to the Senate, which will consider whether it is ...
As though West Virginia’s young people don’t have enough challenges to overcome, an American Lung Association representative suggests we’re failing them on another front: vaping. Though it has been evident for many years that vaping is not even remotely a safe alternative to smoking, ...
When we think about the future for our communities, state and country, it is encouraging to watch intelligent, compassionate young people as they show us they care just as much about that future and that we will be in good hands. Among the standout examples locally are the students at Tyler ...
