How Much Would a Pro-Work Tax Credit Directly Support Your Community? This week the Invest in Working Families Coalition launched its new website which shows just how much a pro-work tax credit would help hard-working West Virginians. State EITC Coalition Coordinator Seth DiStefano kicks off Monday's event A West Virginia EITC would help more people keep…
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Supporting a Movement This week WVCBP staff met up with sister organizations from across the country at the annual State Fiscal Impact Conference in Baltimore. The opening event of the conference was "Support a Movement: Black Lives Matter and State Fiscal Policy." The session focused on the role of public policy in creating and sustaining…
Kanawha County Commission Passes Resolution to Create Jobs in Coalfields After several meetings to take up the issue, last night the Kanawha County Commission unanimously passed a resolution calling for federal action to invest in coalfield communities, which is very similar to the POWER+ Plan included in President Obama's FY 2016 budget. Commissioners in Wyoming,…
Our Latest Spine-Chilling Reports There's been some scary talk about tax overhaul in recent months. One option that appears to be on the table for legislators is eliminating or reducing the business personal property tax. This reliable, constant revenue stream helps maintain West Virginia schools which would be forced to choose between cutting back…
How Tax Reform Should Include Our Working Families This week at the conclusion of the standing-room-only Our Children Our Future Policy Summit, a diverse coalition of organizations that cares about kids, families, seniors and working people, presented basic principles of fair taxation. Surrounded by student advocates and allies, leaders from labor, faith-based, and community action…
Join Us Right After the OCOF Policy Summit Right after the wrap-up of the Our Children Our Future Policy Summit, join us in the Governor's Conference Room (inside the Secretary of State's office) on September 15 at 12:30 PM for the release of the report, "Tax Reform That Protects Roads, Children and Seniors." A diverse…
No Matter Where They Live, Women In Unions Earn More To commemorate Women's Equality Day and the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment granting women the right to vote, this week the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR) released a new report on women in unions. The report found that women in unions…
Tax Overhaul Committee Looks at Tax Credits The legislature's Tax Reform Committee met again this week, this time to discuss the state's wide range of tax credits and their effect on economic development. An important tax credit in place in 26 other states is the Earned Income Tax Credit which is modeled after, and augments,…
Swift Reaction to Clean Power Plan Reaction to President Obama's Clean Power Plan, which calls for a decrease in carbon emissions in order to combat climate change, came quickly this week, as reported in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. Many policymakers in West Virginia are threatening legal action in what they see as an attack on the…
Medicaid at 50 Helping More West Virginians Live Healthier Lives Medicaid provides health coverage that helps low-income seniors, children and people with disabilities get needed health care. It provides parents and other adults economic security through health coverage that protect them from medical debt and allows them to stay healthy and work. It is jointly…