For Immediate ReleaseMedia Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 Charleston, WV - The 2018 budget resolution that the House of Representatives passed today strips billions of dollars from a program that helps working families put food on the table to accommodate massive tax cuts for corporations and the very wealthy. Alongside drastic cuts to programs that expand…
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For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-543-4879 (Charleston, WV) - Every year in West Virginia, around 4,000 juveniles will appear before a judge. Pending the judge's decision, a juvenile may be given an improvement period to address the behavior, put on probation, referred to a special court, or committed to some form of out-of-home…
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 While West Virginia continues to be a national leader in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, the fruits of that growth have not been shared broadly throughout the state. Nearly one-in-five West Virginians live in poverty, and the state has made little progress improving that statistic. West Virginia's…
For Immediate ReleaseMedia Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-543-4879 (Charleston, WV) - Data released by the U.S. Census Bureau today shows that the Affordable Care Act is continuing to reduce the number of West Virginians without health insurance in 2016. The data on health insurance coverage showed that 96,000 West Virginians lacked health insurance in 2016, a decrease of…
A Look at the People, Industries, Places, and Policies Affected by Low-Wage Work in West Virginia For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-720-8682 - Poverty is a persistent problem in West Virginia, where tens of thousands of West Virginians live in poverty because their jobs do not pay a living wage. Read the full report.…
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 (Charleston, WV) - A new ACA repeal bill would cut West Virginia's federal funding for health coverage by $284 million by 2026, according to a report released today by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Congressional Republicans' efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have failed in…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 A new analysis from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy reveals a federal tax reform plan based on President Trump's April outline would fail to deliver on its promise of largely helping middle-class taxpayers, showering 61.4 percent of the total tax cut on the richest 1 percent nationwide. In…
For Immediate Releas e Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.720.8682 - West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Executive Director Ted Boettner issued this statement in response to the latest Senate health bill: Senate Republican leaders have released a "new" version of their health bill that fixes none of the original Senate bill's core problems for West…
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-720-8682 (Charleston, WV) - Senate Republicans are considering a health care bill that would hit West Virginia harder than almost any other state, according to a new report from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. PDF news release. Read the report. Under the Senate Republican bill, 218,000 West Virginians would…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304-720-8682 This West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy report, West Virginia Economy Would Suffer Under Proposed Health Care Plans, breaks down the economic gains the state has experienced since the passage of the Affordable Care Act and the devastating impacts its repeal could have in West Virginia, specifically…