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1 week ago |
mountainstatespotlight.org | Erin Beck
Gov. Patrick Morrisey vowed to transform West Virginia’s system meant to keep kids safe from abuse and neglect. In a press release last month, he promoted “sweeping reforms” that included child protective services workers and their supervisors spending more time on cases — even though they don’t have enough time to do the work they’re tasked with now. But the governor conceded that his plans were a first step. “This is not a comprehensive solution,” he said.
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1 week ago |
herald-dispatch.com | Erin Beck
For years, West Virginia kids have been screened for risk of diabetes, obesity and heart disease, families have spent food stamp money on locally grown fruits and vegetables and people with health problems have learned how food and exercise could heal their bodies.
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2 weeks ago |
register-herald.com | Erin Beck
This story originally appeared in the Statehouse Spotlight newsletter published by Mountain State Spotlight. Get coverage of the legislative session delivered to your email inbox Monday through Thursday; sign up for the free newsletter at mountainstatespotlight.org/newsletter
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2 weeks ago |
mountainstatespotlight.org | Erin Beck
For years, West Virginia kids have been screened for risk of diabetes, obesity and heart disease, families have spent food stamp money on locally grown fruits and vegetables and people with health problems have learned how food and exercise could heal their bodies.
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3 weeks ago |
mountainstatespotlight.org | Erin Beck
President Donald Trump’s administration has cut jobs weakening Social Security, a poverty-prevention program, and proposed numerous other changes that threaten to dismantle it. More than one quarter of West Virginians rely on Social Security. Here’s what some of them, including retirees, former foster kids and people with disabilities told us they’re thinking about and what they stand to lose, from health care to housing to dignity:Patty Hoffman, 59, is raising her grandkids.
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