President Obama’s 2016 budget includes significant funds for economic renewal in Central Appalachia. The POWER+ Plan calls for investing in coal communities, workers and technology. Eric Dixon, Dee Davis, and Jason Bailey comment on the possible impact in the region.
Retired War on Poverty staff Robert Shaffer & Hollis West recall building successful east KY programs with “maximum feasible participation of the poor” & recommend SOAR empower poor for results
Rural Up! Code Academy introduces Appalachian youth to computer sciences & tech careers.
The Kentucky Center for Budget Policy has released the 2014 State of Working Kentucky Report and the news is not good. KCEP Director Jason Bailey says that Kentucky is still feeling the effects of the 2007 recession with fewer jobs, slow growth, and declining wages. In this Making Connections News story, Bailey makes a number of […]
