Economy Archives - Ohio Valley ReSource

Jul 22

Economy

Families receive sorely needed child tax credit payments

The Robsons, like the vast majority of U.S. households with children, began receiving the Child Tax Credit last week – the latest part of the American Rescue Plan to be put into action. Jaclyn Robson says it was sorely needed. “I don’t want to have to work 60 hours a week just to make a […]

By Kaitlin Thorne

Jul 22

Economy

Families receive sorely needed child tax credit payments

By Kaitlin Thorne

Jul 16

Economy

Kentucky Regulators: West Virginia Coal Plant Should Close in 2028

Kentucky utility regulators reached a decision this week that could mean a northern West Virginia power plant will have to close years sooner than planned. The Kentucky Public Service Commission on Thursday rejected Kentucky Power’s request to perform environmental compliance work on the Mitchell Plant near Moundsville, West Virginia. Under federal rules, the coal-burning plant […]

By Curtis Tate

Jul 16

Economy

Kentucky Regulators: West Virginia Coal Plant Should Close in 2028

Curtis Tate

Jul 2

Economy

Nearly Half A Million In Ohio Valley Lose Jobless Benefits

An analysis by the Ohio Valley ReSource showed that roughly 488,000 people in Ohio and West Virginia have lost supplemental unemployment payments after Republican governors there scrapped the federal unemployment benefit programs put in place during the pandemic. Another 65,000 people in Kentucky eligible for the payments await a decision by the Democratic governor there […]

By Suhail Bhat

Jul 2

Economy

Nearly Half A Million In Ohio Valley Lose Jobless Benefits

Suhail Bhat

Jun 30

Economy

Kentucky’s AG Cameron on West Virginia Coal Plant: Close It

Environmental and consumer groups have pushed for the early closure of a 50-year-old coal-fired power plant in West Virginia that serves electricity customers in both West Virginia and Kentucky. They have an unlikely ally: Kentucky’s Republican attorney general, Daniel Cameron. In a filing last week with the Kentucky Public Service Commission, Cameron recommended the commission […]

By Curtis Tate

Jun 30

Economy

Kentucky’s AG Cameron on West Virginia Coal Plant: Close It

Curtis Tate

Jun 9

Economy

West Virginia Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate.

They’ve towered over the region’s communities for decades. They generated the electricity for homes around the Ohio Valley. They burned coal, a fossil fuel Appalachia has in abundance. But three West Virginia coal-fired power plants owned by Ohio-based American Electric Power may be on borrowed time. The Mitchell Plant in Moundsville, the Mountaineer Plant in […]

By Curtis Tate

Jun 9

Economy

West Virginia Coal Plants Need Upgrades. Three States Will Decide Their Fate.

Curtis Tate

Jun 4

Economy

Evictions At A Kentucky Trailer Park Highlight Ohio Valley’s Lack Of Affordable Housing

Jimmy McRoberts knew the North Fork Mobile Home Park was teeming with animals. Some residents, like local grandmother Penny Gozzard, had two or three beloved cats they kept a close eye on; others let their pets roam around and mingle with the neighborhood kids who played around their families’ trailers. So when McRoberts’ entire trailer […]

By Katie Myers and Liam Niemeyer

Jun 4

Economy

Evictions At A Kentucky Trailer Park Highlight Ohio Valley’s Lack Of Affordable Housing

Katie Myers and Liam Niemeyer

May 18

Economy

Kentucky Coal Production, Employment Decline Slows in 1st Quarter

Kentucky coal production and employment fell by the smallest amount in nearly two years, according to new data. The state’s coal mines produced 6.5 million tons in the first three months of 2021, according to the Energy and Environment Cabinet, a decline of 9.6% from 2020. Total employment fell by 14.6% to 3,983 workers. Western […]

By Curtis Tate

May 18

Economy

Kentucky Coal Production, Employment Decline Slows in 1st Quarter

Curtis Tate

Apr 14

Economy

New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs

In Central Appalachia an estimated 538,000 unplugged oil and gas wells and 853,393 acres of abandoned mine lands sit unreclaimed, often polluting the air and water, and presenting public safety threats. But according to two new reports from the regional think tank Ohio River Valley Institute, these sites that now pose serious health risks to […]

By Katie Myers

Apr 14

Economy

New Research: Reclamation of Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells, Mine Sites Could Create Thousands of Jobs

Katie Myers

Apr 2

Economy

Ohio Valley Communities Wait For Guidance On COVID Funds

The American Rescue Plan Act signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11 provided the nation with a $1.9 trillion economic stimulus, including funds to state and local governments, but local officials around the Ohio Valley say they aren’t yet sure just how the money can be applied. The aid package includes $350 […]

By Alana Watson

Apr 2

Economy

Ohio Valley Communities Wait For Guidance On COVID Funds

Alana Watson

Mar 9

Economy

Biden’s COVID-19 Bill Championed As A Boon For Failing Ohio Valley Pensions

Major unions and one of their leading allies in the U.S. Senate are hailing tens of billions of dollars allocated for shoring up struggling union pension funds. The funding added to President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill, dubbed the Butch-Lewis Act, would provide $86 billion to dozens of failing union pension plans across […]

By Liam Niemeyer

Mar 9

Economy

Biden’s COVID-19 Bill Championed As A Boon For Failing Ohio Valley Pensions

Liam Niemeyer