For Immediate Release Media Contacts: Caitlin Cook (304) 543-4879, WVCBP or Jacob Kaufman-Waldron, (202) 325-8746, CBPP (Charleston, WV) - West Virginia’s inadequate public investment in higher education over the last decade has contributed to rising tuition prices, often leaving students with little choice but to take on more debt or give up on their dreams of going to college,…
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For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook (304) 543-4879 (Charleston, WV) - More West Virginians lived in poverty in 2017 than in 2016, according to Census data released today. An estimated 336,301 West Virginians lived in poverty in 2017, for a total poverty rate of 19.1 percent, a 1.2 percentage point increase from 2016. West Virginia’s poverty rate in…
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook (304) 543-4879 (Charleston, WV) - Fewer West Virginians had access to health care in 2017 than in 2016, despite recent health coverage gains in the years following the Affordable Care Act, according Census data released today. It shows 109,000 West Virginians lacked health insurance in 2017, an increase…
For Immediate Release Media Contact: Caitlin Cook (304) 543-4879 (Charleston, WV) - West Virginia can create a more prosperous state if the strength of working families and the policies that support them become a priority. This is according to a West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy report released today that details seven policies to reverse the top-down approach…
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 (Charleston, WV) – West Virginia can reduce obesity while making much-needed public investments by strengthening its soda tax. Implementing a tax of just one penny-per-ounce could raise almost $100 million and prevent more than 17,000 cases of obesity. This is according to a West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy report,…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 [Charleston, WV] - After the House of Representatives voted today to pass the Republican tax bill, Ted Boettner of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy released the following statement:
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 - Following the introduction of the Senate Republicans' new tax proposal, Ted Boettner of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy released this statement: "Like the House Republicans' tax proposal, the Senate GOP plan released yesterday would give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts to wealthy households and major…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 - A new report released by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities reveals the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly food stamps) helps almost 1.5 million low-income veterans, including 13,000 in West Virginia. "We honor our brave men and women in uniform by ensuring their basic needs are met when…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 - A 50-state analysis of the House tax plan released last week reveals that in West Virginia the wealthiest 1 percent of West Virginians will receive the greatest share of the total tax cut in year one and their share would grow through 2027. Further, the value of the…
For Immediate Release Contact: Caitlin Cook, 304.543.4879 (Charleston, WV) -- Following the release of the House Republicans' new tax proposal, Ted Boettner Executive Director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy released the following statement: "The House GOP tax plan released yesterday is an expensive new giveaway to wealthy households and major corporations at the expense of low-and…