As the Marcellus "Gold Rush" comes to West Virginia, it is time for policymakers to consider establishing a permanent mineral trust fund in West Virginia, similar to what six other states have done. So concludes the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy in its report released today, "Creating an Economic Diversification Fund: Turning Nonrenewable…
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Despite the fact that many economic development deals fall short on job creation or other benefits, states are highly inconsistent in how they monitor, verify and enforce the terms of job subsidies that cost taxpayers billions of dollars per year. Many states fail to even verify that companies receiving subsidies are meeting their job-creation and…