Democracy & Civic Life Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Apr 14

Democracy & Civic Life

Election Reform: Kentucky Makes Changes While WV and OH Remain The Same

Election reform efforts to expand ballot access made little headway around the Ohio Valley, as only one state in the region made voting easier, according to a voting rights expert. Several state governments around the nation are making major changes to voting laws following the 2020 presidential election. Kentucky is the only state in the […]

By Alana Watson

Apr 14

Democracy & Civic Life

Election Reform: Kentucky Makes Changes While WV and OH Remain The Same

By Alana Watson

Mar 26

Democracy & Civic Life

Biden Picks Gayle Manchin, Wife of WV Senator, For Appalachian Regional Commission

President Joe Biden has nominated Gayle Manchin, the wife of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, to co-chair the Appalachian Regional Commission, the White House announced Friday. The commission was created in 1965 as part of an antipoverty effort under President Lyndon Johnson. It serves 420 Appalachian counties across 13 states from southern New York to […]

By Curtis Tate

Mar 26

Democracy & Civic Life

Biden Picks Gayle Manchin, Wife of WV Senator, For Appalachian Regional Commission

Curtis Tate

Mar 15

Democracy & Civic Life

West Virginia Man Arrested In Connection With Assault On Capitol Police

Morgantown, West Virginia, restaurant owner George Tanios, 39, has been arrested and charged in the assault of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick during the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to federal court documents. Tanios and Julian Khater, 32, of Pennsylvania, were arrested on Sunday and are expected to appear in court […]

By Duncan Slade

Mar 15

Democracy & Civic Life

West Virginia Man Arrested In Connection With Assault On Capitol Police

Duncan Slade

Feb 19

Democracy & Civic Life

Mapping The Ohio Valley Residents Charged In Connection With U.S. Capitol Riot

Data compiled by an academic research group shows the home counties of 21 people from Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia charged so far in connection with the Jan. 6 riot and insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. The Program on Extremism at George Washington University compiled a database from the federal criminal complaints against those charged […]

By Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young

Feb 19

Democracy & Civic Life

Mapping The Ohio Valley Residents Charged In Connection With U.S. Capitol Riot

Suhail Bhat and Jeff Young

Feb 12

Democracy & Civic Life

Ohio Valley Economists Weigh In On Biden’s Recovery Plan

The COVID-19 pandemic is continuing to cripple the economy in the Ohio Valley and President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats are pursuing his plan for economic recovery. Biden’s economic priorities include raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour, forgiving student loan debt, and undoing some Trump-era tax cuts. But Biden’s immediate focus is on […]

By Alana Watson

Feb 12

Democracy & Civic Life

Ohio Valley Economists Weigh In On Biden’s Recovery Plan

Alana Watson

Jan 22

Democracy & Civic Life

Biden Has An Ambitious Agenda. What Will It Mean For The Ohio Valley?

After an extraordinary inauguration ceremony marked by heightened security and coronavirus safety measures, President Joe Biden started his first day in office signing executive actions on climate change, immigration, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Even before taking the oath of office, Biden was already addressing the nation about his ambitious plans to fight the twin crises […]

By Jeff Young , Liam Niemeyer and Alana Watson

Jan 22

Democracy & Civic Life

Biden Has An Ambitious Agenda. What Will It Mean For The Ohio Valley?

Jeff Young, Liam Niemeyer and Alana Watson

Jan 15

Democracy & Civic Life

Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year

Jessalyn Brown met Kyra Higgins through theater. “I saw her on stage and I was just like, ‘This girl is so good!’ She was just amazing.” So when it came time for Brown, 21, to direct a play for her senior project at Kentucky’s Georgetown College, she knew she wanted Higgins, 22, to be in […]

By Sydney Boles

Jan 15

Democracy & Civic Life

Black Lives In Red States: Art And Life Converge For Two Women In A Tumultuous Year

Sydney Boles

Jan 8

Democracy & Civic Life

After ‘Dark Day’ In Washington, Ohio Valley Lawmakers And Residents Who Were There Take Stock

Owensboro, Kentucky, pastor Brian Gibson spoke at an event in Washington, D.C., Tuesday that combined religion with support for President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn the results of the election. “How many of you all believe that the people we elected are going to do what’s right tomorrow?” Gibson asked the crowd at Washington’s Freedom […]

By Jeff Young , Alana Watson , , Liam Niemeyer and Corinne Boyer

Jan 8

Democracy & Civic Life

After ‘Dark Day’ In Washington, Ohio Valley Lawmakers And Residents Who Were There Take Stock

Jeff Young, Alana Watson, , Liam Niemeyer and Corinne Boyer

Dec 14

Democracy & Civic Life

Billboard In Western Kentucky Town Calls For School District Superintendent’s Termination

A new billboard in a western Kentucky town calls for the termination of a local school district superintendent after an old photo of the school official in blackface resurfaced. The billboard in Paducah, Kentucky shows a picture of Paducah Public Schools Superintendent Donald Shively in blackface and states “race is not a costume.” The billboard […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Dec 14

Democracy & Civic Life

Billboard In Western Kentucky Town Calls For School District Superintendent’s Termination

Liam Niemeyer

Dec 11

Democracy & Civic Life

A Blackface Photo Resurfaces, And A Kentucky Town Confronts Its Racial Trauma

Holiday light displays are spread out across Bob Noble park in Paducah, Kentucky, lighting up the barren trees at night for the community to drive by. The park has long been a gathering place for the small city, with performances at an amphitheater and swimming during the summer. Shirley Massie, 76, sits at one the […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Dec 11

Democracy & Civic Life

A Blackface Photo Resurfaces, And A Kentucky Town Confronts Its Racial Trauma

Liam Niemeyer