Dear Savvy Senior: My local Social Security office was recently shut down because of staff layoffs and recent large-scale downsizing. All this…
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In West Virginia, 516,500 of our friends, family members and neighbors are covered by Medicaid, that includes: 49,000 seniors, 196,000 childre…
Nearly 183,000 students across 468 West Virginia schools could lose access to free lunch if Congress approves a cut to the U.S. Department of …
The child welfare system is the canary in the coal mine. Anyone who truly gives priority to fixing this system needs to understand that the on…
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted on a proposed budget that would cut $880 billion from Medicaid and $230 billion from SNAP foo…
Conventional wisdom suggests that a budget is a moral document, a reflection of what and who we value. In the book of Matthew, we can find bib…
Foster kids who are trying to reform West Virginia’s troubled child welfare system will have to wait longer for their day in court.
Dear Savvy Senior: Is my 72-year-old mother eligible for food stamps or any other type of assistance program? When my stepfather died last yea…
As the final moments of Gov. Jim Justice’s eight-year tenure in West Virginia come to a close, it is not easy to summarize his many significan…
HUNTINGTON — OVP Health, a Huntington-based health care provider, is furthering its reach by developing a foster care and independent living d…
