Expert: Prospective companies want ‘skilled, highly educated workforce’ but lack of teachers, encouragement and costs impact college enrollment By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association CHARLESTON,[Read More…]
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Legislative Lookahead: WVU’s Deskins says West Virginia won’t reach economic prosperity potential unless state gets more people into the workforce
By Autumn Shelton, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. – West Virginia’s continued short-term economic growth remains uncertain for 2023; however, as the 86th Legislature prepares[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Education, partnerships said key to developing West Virginia’s workforce
By Matt Young, WV Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “I’ve been looking for a genie in a lamp for quite some time. I haven’t found[Read More…]
Legislative LookAhead: Education, West Virginia workforce issues to receive legislative attention
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With West Virginia students struggling with reading and math and the state attracting major[Read More…]
Legislative LookAhead: West Virginia Legislature leaders agree on need for tax reform
By Steven Allen Adams, Special for The Journal of Martinsburg CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Leaders of the West Virginia Legislature agree on tax reform, though what[Read More…]
Legislative LookAhead: DHHR reform, PEIA on the front burner for West Virginia lawmakers
By Steven Allen Adams, Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislative leaders all agreed Friday that reform of the West Virginia Department of Health and[Read More…]
Legislative LookAhead: ‘Impactful’ tax cuts and bold DHHR changes discussed at WV Press Association event
By Roger Adkins, [email protected] CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Leaders of the West Virginia House and Senate promised “impactful” tax cuts for residents and bold change in the[Read More…]
Media Alert: WV Press Legislative Lookahead is Friday at Culture Center in Charleston
Leadership presentations, panels on key economic indicators for 2023, workforce issues and education plans highlight the day WV Press News Sharing CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The annual[Read More…]
2022 Ends with the Old Going Down
Cranes lower the center section of the I-64 bridge over the Kanawha River at Nitro onto a waiting barge on Wednesday, December 21, 2022. Increased[Read More…]
Time to Say Goodbye to Covid
The first news article documenting the effects of Covid-19 in Putnam County to be published in the Breeze was on March 19, 2020. The article,[Read More…]