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Study: Inflation in 2021 eats $1,000 from W.Va. family income

By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Aug 13, 2021 @ 3:53pm

CHARLESTON – Inflation just this year has eaten up all of the wage increases working Americans have gained in the last five years, according to a Harvard economist and former key adviser to President Obama. For the West Virginia household, that means nearly a $1,000 annual loss.
Biden nominates Ihlenfeld, Thompson for U.S. Attorney positions

By Chris Dickerson | Wednesday, Aug 11, 2021 @ 1:27pm

CHARLESTON -- President Joe Biden has nominated two men to be the U.S. Attorneys for West Virginia's two districts.
'Good News' not so good for Richwood students

By Caleb Hanna | Tuesday, Feb 11, 2020 @ 7:06pm

The “good news” in Manchin’s tweet is not so good for Richwood High children and families, most of whom do not live in the city of Richwood, but in outlying communities like Fenwick, Craigsville and Nettie.
When so-called solutions are worse than alleged problems

By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Jan 14, 2020 @ 4:13pm

It behooves us to ask who’s benefiting from all the activism, and who always gets stuck with the bill.
Morrisey hails U.S. Senate support of Affordable Clean Energy rule

By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Oct 18, 2019 @ 12:53pm

CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey praised the U.S. Senate for rejecting a resolution he says was an attempt to revoke the Trump administration’s Affordable Clean Energy rule.