State Journal - Gov. Jim Justice, state revenue officials and some business leaders think consistently better-than-expected revenue collections are the sign of an economic turnaround for the Mountain State. Read.
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Bowles Rice Views & Visions - West Virginia is facing an economic crisis. For far too long, a high share of low-wage jobs coupled with declining workforce participation has caused us to rank poorly on health, education, incarceration and poverty when compared to other states. While there is no silver bullet to fixing all of these…
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.
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.