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Manchin Announces Randolph County’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Designation

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 6, 2023

ONDCP Director Gupta And U.S. Attorney Ihlenfeld Join Manchin To Announce Randolph County HIDTA Designation

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Analysis: West Virginia ranked #33 for gun sales in 2022

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 5, 2023

West Virginia ranked #33 for gun sales in 2022, with an estimated 169,963 guns sold, according to federal data compiled in a new report by SafeHome.org.

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11 people die from kidney disease in West Virginia during week ending July 1

By Mountain State Times | Jul 5, 2023

There were 11 deaths from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis reported in West Virginia in the week ending July 1, making up 2.5% of total deaths by all causes in West Virginia.

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Less than 10 people die from influenza and pneumonia in West Virginia during week ending July 1

By Mountain State Times | Jul 5, 2023

There were less than 10 deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported in West Virginia in the week ending July 1, making up less than 2.3% of total deaths by all causes in West Virginia.

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Capito Announces $4.7 Million Arc Grant for Career, Technical Education in WV

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 5, 2023

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on June 29 announced a $4,720,580 grant for the Education Alliance for Business and Community for Public Schools in West Virginia though the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

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Manchin, Brown, Casey, Fetterman, Warner, Kaine Statement on Dol Proposed Rule to Reduce Silica Dust Exposure

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 5, 2023

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Bob Casey (D-PA), John Fetterman (D-PA), Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposal by its Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) to amend current federal standards to better protect the nation’s miners from health hazards related to exposure to respirable crystalline silica, or silica dust.

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West Virginia: Individual income tax revenue down 2.2% as of Q2 2023 compared to Q2 2022

By Mountain State Times | Jul 5, 2023

The second quarter of 2023 brought in $858 million in individual income tax revenue for West Virginia, a 2.2% decrease from the same period in the previous year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

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Manchin Announces $10.7 Million for Three West Virginia Head Start Programs

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 5, 2023

On June 28, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $10,781,344 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Eastern Panhandle Instructional Cooperative Head Start Program, the Central West Virginia Community Action Association Head Start Program and the Northern Panhandle Early Head Start Program. Head Start and Early Head Start support educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that provide early learning and emotional development, health and safety and family well-being.

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Manchin Announces $798k to Support Two West Virginia Food Banks

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 5, 2023

On June 27, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $798,894 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture. The funding is made possible through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) and will support the operations of the Facing Hunger Food Bank in Huntington and the Mountaineer Food Bank in Gassaway.

Individual income tax revenue up 36.6% from previous quarter in West Virginia

By Mountain State Times | Jul 4, 2023

The second quarter of 2023 brought in $858 million in individual income tax revenue for West Virginia, a 36.6% increase from the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Week of June 17: 77 people age 85 and older are estimated to have died in West Virginia

By Mountain State Times | Jul 4, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 77 individuals age 85 and older died during the week ending June 17.

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West Virginia deaths did not exceed death expectancy during week ending June 17

By Mountain State Times | Jul 4, 2023

West Virginia's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending June 17, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Manchin Announces $2.9 Million for Mingo County Advanced Air Mobility Program

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 4, 2023

On June 30, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority will receive $2,900,000 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to establish an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) program at the Appalachian Regional Airport. This federal funding is one of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Senator Manchin secured on behalf of West Virginia through the Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill.

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Capito Announces Nearly $3 Million in Congressionally Directed Spending for Mingo County Drone Industry and Education

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 4, 2023

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, today announced $2.9 million from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority.

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Manchin Announces $19.8 Million for Five West Virginia Head Start Programs

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 4, 2023

On June 30, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $19,881,651 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for five West Virginia Head Start programs. Head Start supports educational growth from birth to age 5 through services that provide early learning and emotional development, health and safety and family well-being.

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Manchin Announces $420k for Economic Development Planning Across West Virginia

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 4, 2023

On June 27, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $420,000 from the Economic Development Administration (EDA) to strengthen regional economic development planning in West Virginia. The funding will support designing and implementing comprehensive economic development strategies (CEDS) through four regional planning and development councils across the state.

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Manchin Announces $2.1 Million for Three West Virginia Agricultural Business Development Projects

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 4, 2023

On June 27, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $2,157,000 from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for three West Virginia business development projects through the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA). The federal awards are three of the Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests Senator Manchin secured on behalf of West Virginia through the Fiscal Year 2023 funding bill.

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Week ending June 17 could be deadliest for people in 75-84 age group in West Virginia

By Mountain State Times | Jul 3, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 101 people in the 75-84 age group died during the week ending June 17.

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Lower property tax revenue in West Virginia during Q2 2023

By Mountain State Times | Jul 3, 2023

The second quarter of 2023 brought in $1 million in property tax revenue for West Virginia, a 50% decrease from the first quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.

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Capito Highlights Economic Development, Congressionally Directed Spending During Mercer County Visits

By Mountain State Times Report | Jul 3, 2023

On June 29, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) traveled to Mercer County, where she visited Bluefield’s “Prosperity Hub,” celebrated the John Nash Blvd. natural gas infrastructure expansion, and saw the impact of Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) projects she secured at Concord University.