Public News Service - West Virginia Republicans are running for election on what they describe as the "great" economy. State unions call that putting lipstick on a pig. Read.
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State Journal - A new academic report from researchers at the University of Kentucky found West Virginia’s repeal of the prevailing wage in 2016 has led to lower construction costs for public projects. Read.
ITEP - West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy’s Ted Boettner and the Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Dean Baker co-authored a piece that pushes back against claims that West Virginia’s economy is booming. Read.
West Virginia Public News Service - President Donald Trump's visit to Charleston on Tuesday highlighted a plan to loosen carbon-pollution rules - but according to the federal government's own figures, that isn't likely to spark much growth in coal jobs. Read.
Charleston Gazette - Last month, our elected officials were hard at work to fund the Public Employee Insurance Agency. Read.
WOWK TV - Professionals on the front lines of the opioid crisis are teaming up with college students, in hopes of working toward better solutions. The West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy hosted both groups Saturday, as part of a weekend conference at Marshall University. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - A pharmacist who volunteered at the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department’s suspended needle-exchange program told a Charleston crowd Thursday that what she experienced there changed her life. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - An Opioid Town Hall meeting, “Moving Beyond Fear: Saving Lives and Protecting Neighbors During an Opioid Epidemic,” will be held this week in Charleston, with a second, similar event scheduled for this weekend in Huntington. Read.
WOWK TV - Ted Boettner, the Executive Director West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, discusses the major opioid forums the are sponsoring in Charleston July 26th, 2018 and Huntington on July 28th, 2018. Watch.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Community members gathered at Temple Israel in Charleston on Thursday to discuss how the American criminal justice system has affected marginalized communities and how to improve the system going forward. Read.