One of the reasons for West Virginia’s challenges in ensuring everyone has access to affordable, quality health care has been the shortage in health care workers. Nurses are in incredibly short supply. But two years ago, the Nursing Workforce Expansion Program was launched. Now, officials ...
* West Virginia Division of Highways officials wasted no time naming the new bridge on the Scott Miller Hill Bypass project for the late Bob Ashley. It was a project near and dear to the long-time legislator’s heart, and he had pushed for its completion for many years. “(Bob Ashley) would ...
As our state’s population decreases, so does the number of students in our schools. Declining enrollment, in turn, is creating challenges for our school districts. Some boards of education are facing the bitter reality that it is time to close cherished facilities. But the Thomas B. Fordham ...
Lawmakers who still think it is more important to protect “personal freedoms” for homeschooling parents than it is to protect the children being kept at home got another wake-up call this week. Fortunately — this time — the children involved in this case are still alive to speak for ...
We are months away from the next regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, but the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s 2024 Campaign for Jobs Digest includes some ideas about what lawmakers should prioritize. (Hint: It’s not incredibly archaic socio-cultural agendas.) Economic ...
West Virginia comes in last or very near the bottom in all kinds of significant categories. It’s been that way for so long, it’s almost a running joke. And when we’re on top, it’s usually for something like leading the nation in overdose deaths. Now, U.S. Centers for Disease Control ...
