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5 days 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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1 week ago |
timeswv.com | Erin Beck
This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. Get stories like this delivered to your email inbox once a week; sign up for the free newsletter at mountainstatespotlight.org/newsletterCHARLESTON — Fentanyl continues to be the main driver behind West Virginia’s overdose crisis. But the state prohibits more of the treatment scientists say would save lives. kAmuC@> a_`h E@ a_aa[ >@DE (6DE ':C8:?:2?D H9@ 5:65 7C@> @G6C5@D6D 925 76?E2?J= :?
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1 week 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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1 week ago |
mountainstatespotlight.org | Erin Beck
Fentanyl continues to be the main driver behind West Virginia’s overdose crisis. But the state prohibits more of the treatment scientists say would save lives. From 2019 to 2022, most West Virginians who died from overdoses had fentanyl in their systems. Opioid painkillers fueled the addiction epidemic in the state, and after crackdowns on those prescriptions, people transitioned to the similar street drug heroin. Eventually fentanyl, an even more deadly drug, became most prevalent.
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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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