Tax and Budget

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

This report finds companies fail to deliver on  job-creation promises after given publicly funded subsidies. 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

This report makes the case for enacting a State Earned Income Tax Credit for West Virginia. Read