59 News - The West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy found in 2023 that West Virginia places children in foster at the highest rate of any state in the country, four times the national average. Read the full article. The study found that while West Virginia had only 0.5% of the national population, 2.2%…
Tax and Budget
Earlier this month the U.S. House of Representatives passed a major new tax and spending bill that not only represents the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history, taking away SNAP and Medicaid benefits from millions of recipients including tens of thousands in West Virginia, but also includes tax provisions that would overwhelmingly favor…
West Virginia Watch - As a child, Nikki Forrester dreamed of living in a cabin in the woods surrounded by mountains, trees, water and the outdoor opportunities that came with the natural land. In 2022 — four years after earning her graduate degree and moving to Tucker County from Pittsburgh — Forrester and her partner…
West Virginia Watch - It’s honestly like West Virginia’s leaders have no idea who West Virginians are, or can’t remember where they came from. Read the full article. I guess being rich, coming from a family of politicians or being from New Jersey could be the reason for some of that. West Virginia is one…
West Virginia MetroNews - The “One Big Beautiful Bill” that passed the U.S. House of Representatillves last week now goes for review by the U.S. Senate, where it could face changes. Read the full article. “It’s time for our friends in the United States Senate to get to work, and send this Bill to my desk…
Insurance News Net - Monongah resident Amy Davis is on disability and Medicaid. Read the full article. But with the changes to Medicaid proposed by House Republicans in Washington, it’s not herself she’s worried about. “I worry for my oldest daughter,” Davis said. “She is on the spectrum, has complex PTSD and suffers from a lot of mental health issues. She’s…
The Inter-Mountain - “Together for Public Schools” a focus group from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy held a Town Hall meeting May 19 at Phil Gainer Center. Sarah Duncan, who spoke at Kump Center in March, returned to Elkins with a PowerPoint presentation full of information about the harms of using tax…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday narrowly approved a far-reaching budget reconciliation package that, if enacted, would sever at least tens of thousands of West Virginians’ access to health and social safety net programs. Read the full article. The Republican-majority House passed the budget reconciliation package in a mostly party-line 215-214…
Wheeling Intelligencer - President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” fiscal package is on its way to the U.S. Senate after West Virginia’s delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives voted in favor of the bill in an early morning vote Thursday. Read the full article. The House passed H.R. 1, named the One Big Beautiful…
WCHS - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a budget bill early Thursday morning that included about $700 billion in cuts to Medicaid. Medicaid provides health care coverage for about a third of West Virginians. Read the full article. In response, Protect Our Care West Virginia hosted a virtual press conference Thursday where health officials expressed concerns…