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Josephine Moore: The Working Mother

by Caitlin Esch
Aug 22, 2016
Marketplace followed this mother from welfare to work 20 years ago.
Josephine Moore at her home in West Virginia.
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Many in flood zones don't carry flood insurance

by Marketplace Contributor
Aug 10, 2016
Flooding is the most expensive — and most frequent — natural disaster.
Lerry Linger, a resident of Martinsburg, W. Va. sits by her bed in the van she's been sleeping in as she volunteers at a donation station in Clendenin.
Anne Li
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Twenty years after welfare reform, we return to West Virginia

by Kai Ryssdal , Krissy Clark and Gina Delvac
May 12, 2016
Josephine Moore faced the "end of welfare as we knew it." Now, she's treading water.
Josephine Moore (right) at home in Kermit, West Virginia, with her daughter, Carolina, and grandson, Latham. 
Krissy Clark/Marketplace
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Without energy, West Virginia's economy is flat, and that's a problem

by Tony Wagner
May 9, 2016
Relatively few West Virginians work in coal mines, but those that do have nowhere to go.
A man buys a hat before a rally for Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump in Charleston, West Virginia on Thursday.
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Coal mining jobs in West Virginia aren't coming back

by Scott Tong
May 9, 2016
Neither politicians nor policies can undo what the market's done to coal.
West Virginia's primary is Tuesday. Hillary Clinton has said, "We're going to put a lot of coal miners out of business." Donald Trump promised, "We're going to put the miners back to work." Above, signs at a Charleston, West Virginia, rally on Thursday.  
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Dow DuPont merger spells uncertainty in West Virginia

by Marketplace Contributor
Feb 29, 2016
Some fear job losses, others have questions about environmental cleanup
State agencies in West Virginia estimate DuPont was one of the top five private employers in the state until 2006. Today it’s dropped to 40th, and a major portion of the company has been spun off into a new company called Chemours, the stat'e's 36th largest employer. 
Glynis Board
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A common cause of train derailments: broken track

by Andy Uhler
Oct 9, 2015
Authorities want railroad owners to do a better job inspecting and repairing.
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'No one will declare the water safe' in West Virginia

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 12, 2014
Residents and business owners continue to use bottled water in wake of last month's chemical oil spill
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Details emerge about the company behind the chemical spill in West Virginia

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Jan 13, 2014
After a chemical spill last week, West Virginia is working to flush away contaminants in the water. But where is the regulation?
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