This report describes the history and current methods of taxing one of the state’s most valuable resources. It is intended as a useful reference for county officials, coal companies, landowners, and local citizens. Morgantown-based Downstream Strategies prepared the report, in collaboration with the WV Center on Budget and Policy. Read
Reports & Briefs
Recent research by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy examined a promising approach for reducing the retirement gap among workers in the Mountain State. Read
This report summarizes major appropriations resulting from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that are likely to have the greatest impact on low- and moderate-income West Virginians. Read
The number of unemployed West Virginians has swelled by more than 10,000 over the past year, and the pace of job loss is accelerating. This poses significant challenges to the solvency of the state’s Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund. Read
West Virginia’s unemployment insurance program is in urgent need of re?tooling, especially with the state’s rapidly rising unemployment. Read
Millions of Americans and thousands of West Virginians are approaching retirement without the resources they need to make ends meet. Read
This report finds companies fail to deliver on job-creation promises after given publicly funded subsidies. Read
The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy proposes key actions to strengthen early childhood programs. Read
The proposed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has five stated purposes. Read more about what it means for West Virginia. Read
This citizen’s guide to the state budget process covers the basics of where the state gets and spends its money and how the annual budget is created, reviewed and adopted. Read