West Virginia welfare study shows rising demand and looming gaps
Activists from the West Virginia Economic Justice Project report 90 of 448 emergency providers across 35 counties saw higher demand in clothing closets, food pantries, shelters and clinics. They cite welfare changes, low wages, and unemployment as key causes while warning of tighter funds, rising costs, and a widening wealth gap as 170 welfare participants urge living wages and safer safety nets.
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Panel panel to study SOL standards seeks recommendations
Richmond Va A legislative panel reviewing Virginia's new Standards of Learning and the school funding formula says it will not be ready to propose changes in the January 12 start of the General Assembly session Its chairman Sen Emmett W Hanger Jr notes the panel has spent months studying the SOL and funding basics to provide a foundation for 2001 recommendations He attributed the delay to other legislative business not a deliberate pace.
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Veterans group to meet at Princeton Chapter Home
PRINCETON Blue-Gray Chapter 628 of the Vietnam Veterans of America will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday January 6 at 7 p.m. at the Chapter Home 859 Mercer St Princeton. BLUEFIELD Virginia legislators invite area residents to discuss concerns for the 2000 General Assembly at a public meeting January 5 at 7 30 p.m. Bland County Courthouse.
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Education and jobs plan to curb welfare and grow state
Wilson and Sharlip argue the state should invest in education wage subsidies and job creation. They propose public works like bridge restoration and coal mine cleanup, funded to prevent federal cuts. They oppose trickle down and urge aid for the poor including college financial aid. Next: Welfare and welfare reform.
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