Teachers still haven't recovered financially from the recession By Lizzie O'Leary and Eliza MillsApril 06, 2018Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesFlat or reduced spending in education has meant lower or stagnant salaries and reductions to benefits. POSTED IN: Education teachers wages employment Jobs teacher's strike arizona West Virginia ListenreadDownloadDownload
In Virginia, the theft of an iPhone can result in a felony charge for lifeBy Megan PaulyMarch 15, 2018Courtesy of Craig Carper/WCVE NewsVirginia’s felony threshold for property theft is tied with New Jersey for the lowest in the nation at $200. There’s bipartisan support to raise it to $500 this year, but that’s still far below the threshold for most states.POSTED IN: life Crime theft felonies Virginia white collar crime ListenreadDownloadDownload
In West Virginia, teachers get a victory By Renata Sago and Marielle SegarraMarch 01, 2018POSTED IN: Education West Virginia teacher pay wages teacher's strike pay increase teacher unions unions ListenreadDownloadDownload
Some former coal towns turn to nature tourism as a new economic driverBy Julie GrantFebruary 28, 2018Courtesy of Rick ArmstrongTourism economy around natural beauty is starting to replace extractive industries in some former West Virginia and PA coal towns.POSTED IN: Economy coal country West Virginia Pennsylvania energy coal ListenreadDownloadDownload
Lack of nurse educators is likely contributing to the nurse workforce shortageBy Kara Lofton November 14, 2017Photo courtesy of School of Nursing, West Virginia UniversityNurses aren’t going into education. The reason? A big cut in pay. POSTED IN: nurses Virginia business Economy health care ListenreadDownloadDownload
New leaders want to add their states to carbon trading programBy Jed KimNovember 09, 2017POSTED IN: sustainability climate change United Nations regional greenhouse gas initiative Virginia new jersey pollution Environment ListenreadDownloadDownload
Playing hardball: doctors start negotiating with doctorsBy Dan GorensteinOctober 26, 2016Lefteris Pitarakis - WPA Pool/Getty ImagesThe lives of doctors — especially primary care doctors — are evolving in this post-Obamacare world.POSTED IN: ACO healthcare Obamacare West Virginia nephrologist ListenreadDownloadDownload
Josephine Moore: The Working MotherBy Caitlin EschAugust 22, 2016Gina Delvac/MarketplaceMarketplace followed this mother from welfare to work 20 years ago.POSTED IN: welfare West Virginia read
Many in flood zones don't carry flood insuranceBy Anne LiAugust 10, 2016Anne LiFlooding is the most expensive — and most frequent — natural disaster. POSTED IN: flooding West Virginia insurance ListenreadDownloadDownload
