Charleston Gazette-Mail - State officials Monday discussed state and federal workforce shortage issues and the role the "benefits cliff effect" plays in exacerbating those shortages. Read the full article.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Bolstered by another month of strong severance tax collection, the ongoing influx of billions of dollars of federal pandemic stimulus funds and plain old good timing, West Virginia tax collection for November came in at $435.6 million, or $88.03 million higher than projected, figures released by the Senate Finance Committee…
Business Insider - On Tuesday, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia didn't commit to approving the one-year child tax credit expansion as it's laid out in the $2 trillion House-approved social spending package. It raises the prospect of further changes to the proposed cash benefit. "Everybody's still talking," Manchin told Insider. "Everybody's still talking and…
West Virginia MetroNews - A group of West Virginians gathered outside of Sen. Joe Manchin’s (D-WV) Charleston office Monday, urging him to defend the child tax credit and pass the Build Back Better Act. Read the full article. The handful of leaders did so in a unique way, in the giving of a quilt that featured stories…
The Exponent Telegram - The Bruce Carter United Orthopaedic and Spine Center is holding the annual “Coats for Kids” drive to provide children in need with a coat this holiday season. Read the full article. Information from Child Trends provides that 17.5% of American children live in poverty. West Virginia has the seventh highest child poverty rate…
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch, Williamson Daily News - West Virginia's senior senator has suggested restricting a program currently sending families $250-$300 per month, per child -- a move that could hamper education outcomes and reduce the number of children in the state receiving the benefit by more than half. Read the full article. According to…
It's Halloween week -- time to get spooky! Who needs ghost stories when you have spine-tingling bars and trend lines? Here are five ghoulish charts about West Virginia in 2021 that will make your bones rattle and your blood curdle. At the beginning of the pandemic, West Virginia lost an unprecedented 101,000 jobs as total…
This blog post, co-authored by the Keystone Research Center's executive director Stephen Herzenberg and the WVCBP’s senior policy analyst Sean O'Leary, was originally published by the ReImagine Appalachia coalition. West Virginia is at the center of the national political storm surrounding the need to invest in infrastructure, in families, and in combating climate change. Notably, West Virginia…
Raw Story - According to a report from the Washington Post, voters back in West Virginia are furious with Sen. Joe Manchin (D) for bullying his fellow Democrats to take out much-needed aid for poorer families, saying they could use the financial assistance and he is disregarding them. Read the full article. Of particular concern is Manchin…
Washington Post - Cable news flickered on the flat-screen television in Ruth and James Jones’s living room. The CNN ticker read: “Biden lowers spending bill price in effort to lure Manchin and Sinema.” The couple watched and listened. Read the full article. They are raising two grandchildren, ages 10 and 17, on a limited income…