This piece was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org. Since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, President Donald Trump’s administration has been heaping praise and awarding contracts to prescription drug distributors that are being accused of fueling the opioid crisis. […]
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This piece was originally published by Ohio Valley ReSource. Governors, Secretaries of State and other state and local election officials throughout the Ohio Valley are preparing for an unprecedented election during a global pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced local governments to change practices that have been the same for […]
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More than 10 years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act once more hangs in the balance. There have been plenty of near misses before, including previous Supreme Court appearances and Congressional votes. Yet in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, this time around Republicans may finally be […]
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Appalachians are no strangers to conspiracy theories, from the Mothman (which is very real and definitely not a conspiracy) to musings on what exactly the government is up to at their Blue Ridge Mountain bunker at Raven Rock in Pennsylvania. But what began as a series of mysterious messages on […]
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With the U.S. presidential election approaching, Americans face a daunting set of challenges as they prepare to vote. Many voters fear the coronavirus will force them to risk their lives at the polls. Yes, voting by mail represents a safe alternative. But President Donald Trump opposes additional funding for the […]
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Residents of Paint Lick, Kentucky, don’t like to dwell on what’s been lost: the grocery stores, the gas station, the barbershop, the local bank and countless residents who have moved away or died. Instead, in this rural Appalachian town in Garrard County suffering decades of business loss, residents have championed […]
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