Last week, the WV Chamber of Commerce celebrated West Virginia’s improving business climate, according to the CNBC Best States for Business rankings. According to the Chamber, West Virginia’s improvement from 48th to 45th is proof that the Chamber’s preferred policies are working. CNBC’s rankings is one of several in a long line of business climate […]
It has been over a year since the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), and despite efforts from its proponents to massage the data and deceive the public about its effects, it’s clear that TCJA has completely failed to deliver on its promises, and has left the nation worse off. Link to […]
More than 91,000 children live in poverty in West Virginia. At 25.5%, West Virginia has the 4th-highest child poverty rate in the country. The cost of child poverty is high. According to a report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, child poverty costs the U.S. between $800 billion and $1.1 trillion a year, […]
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