Morgan Messenger - A public forum on West Virginia’s budget surplus, hosted by a non-profit economic analysis group, is scheduled for Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at 6:30 p.m. at the Morgan County Courthouse Commission Room. Read the full article. At the December 6 Bath Town Council meeting, Streetscape committee member, Rebecca MacLeod asked the council…
Tax and Budget
Mountain State Spotlight, West Virginia Daily News - It was a mild Tuesday in October and Governor Jim Justice was taking a break from his statewide campaign against Amendment 2. Read the full article. The day before he was in Wyoming County, imploring an audience at the Twin Falls Resort State Park to vote against…
Mineral News and Tribune - Cooking Decorating with Santa: Loving Hands Outreach is inviting everyone to come out to the center at 1405 Chandell St., Keyser, Saturday, Dec. 17, from noon to 3 p.m. to decorate your own cookie and spend some time with Santa. Photo op with Santa for $5. Everyone welcome. Read the full…
For Immediate Release: December 14, 2022 Contact: Renee Alves, 559-916-5939 Charleston, WV – Prior to the pandemic, West Virginia experienced a lost decade, with essentially no economic growth from 2009 to 2019. This happened despite years of so-called business friendly policies like tax cuts, right to work, repeal of the prevailing wage, and reductions in state spending that were…
Introduction Heading into the COVID-19 pandemic, West Virginia was already facing an economic crisis. The natural gas boom had fizzled, and in the months leading up to the pandemic, the Mountain State was steadily losing jobs and experiencing weak income and GDP growth. In 2019, West Virginia’s unemployment rate was 4.9 percent, the fourth highest…
Daily Athenaeum - West Virginia has a problem that has been coming for a long time. The issue has existed for decades, as coal and surrounding industries left the state. West Virginia’s population is declining. Read the full op-ed. In the last Census, the population in West Virginia dropped by 3.2% — or about 59,000…
Once again, West Virginia's budget "surplus" is being used to justify a push to reduce or eliminate the state's personal income tax. However, the state's current surplus isn’t a sign that West Virginia’s economy is uncharacteristically strong or that tax revenues are greater than is needed for the state budget; rather, it has been driven…
The State Journal - West Virginia voters rejected the much-discussed Amendment 2 during the Nov. 8 election, but its underlying issues will remain very much in play during the upcoming session of the West Virginia Legislature. Read the full article. Republicans — who control the West Virginia House of Delegates, West Virginia Senate and the…
Times West Virginian, Yahoo News - Marion County officials are breathing a sigh of relief after learning that West Virginia voters rejected Amendment 2. Read the full article. Amendment 2, also known as the Property Tax Modernization Act, was intended to entice businesses to move to West Virginia by amending the state constitution to allow…
Public News Service - Some parents said they have struggled to make ends meet after federal monthly Child Tax Credit payments of between $300 and $360 a month per child stopped last December. Without the extra cash, some West Virginians anticipate not being able to afford basic necessities as consumer goods and gas prices continue…