{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=238f5824-c646-4a6b-80fe-950bfa58ad1e", "Manchin Announces Funding to Spur Economic Growth and Job Creation in West Virginia", "2015-09-29", "2015", "2015-09", "Democrat", "House", "WV", "Joe Manchin", "M001183", "www.manchin.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "September 29, 2015\n\t\t\t Manchin Announces Funding to Spur Economic Growth and Job Creation in West Virginia \n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n        \n\t\t\t\t Kanawha County will benefit from $500,000 EDA investment\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t Washington, D.C.  U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) today announced the Economic Development Administration (EDA) will award $500,000 to TechConnects ScaleUp West Virginia initiative to bring together the public and private sectors in the creation of an economic development roadmap to diversify and strengthen the regional economy. This funding will spur innovation and entrepreneurship, long-term competitiveness and diversification and job creation across West Virginia.\r\nIn order to improve West Virginias economic success and boost our economy, we need to ensure our public and private sectors work together, Senator Manchin said. The strategies created and implemented with this funding will coordinate our resources efficiently to overcome our economic challenges and spur our economic growth and develop new opportunities across West Virginia.\r\nTechConnect aims to diversify West Virginias economy through innovation in advanced energy, chemicals and advanced materials, biometrics, and biotechnology. TechConnect works to build a culture that supports innovation and entrepreneurship, access to capital, and a proactive business climate with incentives for innovation-based start-ups.\r\n###\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t  \n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t \n\t\t\n\t\t\tPrint\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tEmail\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tTweet\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t \n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n    \n\t\n\t\n    \n    \n    \n    \t\n    \t\n\t    \t  \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tNext Article\n\t\t    \n\t\t    \n\t\t    \tPrevious Article", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.manchin.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ContentRecord_id=238f5824-c646-4a6b-80fe-950bfa58ad1e"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.4261577054858208, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}