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Author Archives: Lucas Manfield

Lucas Manfield is a former Report for America corps member who covered business and economic development for Mountain State Spotlight. He has covered housing, health care and government accountability for the Dallas Observer and interned at inewsource, another nonprofit news organization, in San Diego. Manfield graduated from Columbia Journalism School in 2019, where his investigation into a death at a Los Angeles psychiatric hospital earned an Award for Excellence from the Association of Health Care Journalists.

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Posted inBroadband

Starlink is here. Can it solve West Virginia’s internet woes?

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield March 4th, 2021March 4th, 2021
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West Virginia lawmakers claim eliminating the income tax will drive growth. Economists disagree.

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield February 22nd, 2021February 19th, 2021
Posted inBroadband

West Virginia leaders say improving internet is a top priority. The latest numbers show access in the state is just getting worse.

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield February 16th, 2021February 16th, 2021
Posted inBroadband

After years of slow internet and broken promises, West Virginia finally has a state office dedicated to broadband

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield February 4th, 2021February 4th, 2021
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Once again, West Virginia squandered millions of taxpayer dollars on jobs that never came

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield February 1st, 2021January 31st, 2021
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Roane County offers a stark picture of how West Virginia’s ‘distance learners’ may not be learning much at all

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield January 22nd, 2021January 25th, 2021
Posted inCOVID-19

Behind West Virginia’s vaccine success story, chaos for local health departments

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Lucas Manfield and Lauren Peace January 8th, 2021January 8th, 2021
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Frontier’s latest compromise with W.Va. regulators: $200 million but lots of questions

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield December 19th, 2020December 18th, 2020
Posted inBroadband

Trails, textbooks and towers: Here are the ‘broadband’ expenses W.Va. Gov. Justice charged to the CARES Act

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield December 18th, 2020December 17th, 2020
Posted inNews

Frontier has sucked up millions before without giving W.Va. good broadband. They’re about to get another chance

Avatar photo by Lucas Manfield December 9th, 2020December 9th, 2020

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