Mar 13 Economy Toyota Driving Demand For Solar Power In Ohio Valley Automaker Toyota is planning to announce a major investment in solar and other renewable energy in Appalachia and the Southeastern U.S. The plan includes a massive new solar facility on an old surface coal mine property in Kentucky. Sources close to the deal tell the Ohio Valley Resource that the Kentucky site is part of […] By Sydney Boles Mar 13 Economy Toyota Driving Demand For Solar Power In Ohio Valley Sydney Boles
Mar 5 Economy Profiting Off Prisoners: State Inmates Mean Big Bucks for Local Jails Rural jails in Kentucky are increasingly relying on income derived from payments for holding state prisoners in county facilities, according to a new report by a think tank that advocates for criminal justice reform. To address overcrowding, states make payments to counties to hold convicted prisoners and pretrial detainees. States save money, and counties get […] By Sydney Boles Mar 5 Economy Profiting Off Prisoners: State Inmates Mean Big Bucks for Local Jails Sydney Boles
Feb 17 Economy Right to Work in the United States By Alexandra Kanik Feb 17 Economy Right to Work in the United States Alexandra Kanik
Nov 18 Economy Trumped: Coal’s Collapse, Economic Anxiety Motivated Ohio Valley Voters The electoral map of Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia is a sea of red with a few islands of blue. Of the 263 counties in the three states only nine went for Hillary Clinton, most of them around the region’s cities. The Ohio Valley ReSource looked to voters and voting data to learn more about […] By Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik Nov 18 Economy Trumped: Coal’s Collapse, Economic Anxiety Motivated Ohio Valley Voters Jeff Young and Alexandra Kanik
Aug 12 Economy Trading Places: Neighboring Companies On Opposing Sides Of Free Trade Debate Trade has emerged as a potent issue this election season, with the pending Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, a flash point in the political debate. The stakes are high for the Ohio Valley region, where thousands of workers and billions of dollars in goods could be affected by the outcome of this trade agreement. To learn […] By Becca Schimmel Aug 12 Economy Trading Places: Neighboring Companies On Opposing Sides Of Free Trade Debate Becca Schimmel
Jul 29 Economy The Prison Builder’s Dilemma: Economics And Ethics Clash In Eastern Kentucky You are Letcher County, Kentucky. You are rural, mountainous, and in the heart of the central Appalachian coalfields. Your economy is not in good shape. Fox News has called your largest town “the poster child for the war on coal.” You are offered funds to build a new federal prison. It could bring jobs but […] By Benny Becker Jul 29 Economy The Prison Builder’s Dilemma: Economics And Ethics Clash In Eastern Kentucky Benny Becker
Jul 1 Economy Net Gains: How Broadband Brings Jobs To Eastern Kentucky Kentucky is working on a multimillion-dollar plan to bring broadband internet to the eastern part of the state, home to some of the country’s most impoverished places. A federal report released this year found that from around a third to nearly half of rural residents in Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia lack high-speed internet and the job […] By Benny Becker Jul 1 Economy Net Gains: How Broadband Brings Jobs To Eastern Kentucky Benny Becker