Mountain State Spotlight, Times West Virginian - As Congress moves toward cutting crucial funding that helps West Virginians — many of them elderly or disabled or children — get the food they need, state elected officials so far have no plan to reduce the harm. Read the full article. Under a plan passed by the…
Tax and Budget
West Virginia Watch - Republicans in Congress aren’t satisfied with just slashing Medicaid, so they are now looking at using reconciliation to repeal large swaths of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to pay for tax breaks for billionaires, big corporations and campaign donors. Read the full article. These days, everyone has heard of “Obamacare,” the…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - In West Virginia, we believe in showing up for one another — whether it’s helping a neighbor change a tire, holding a food drive or pitching in to help clean and rebuild after a flood. It’s who we are. But right now in Congress, some of our elected officials are turning their…
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%…
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…