WVCBP in the News

July 20, 2017 by Ted Boettner
Trump’s Coal Revival Vow Emboldens Miners to Shun Career Change

Bloomberg - West Virginia is so strongly associated with coal that the state flag features a miner with pickax over his shoulder. A nurse with a stethoscope might be more fitting. Last year, WVU Medicine, a network of hospitals under the state's flagship public university, dethroned Wal-Mart Stores Inc. as the top employer. What's more, six…

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July 20, 2017 by Ted Boettner
Details remain short on impact of state roads plan

The State Journal - A month after the West Virginia Legislature passed a series of bills designed to pay for a massive $2.8 billion road construction and maintenance program, those in the administration of Gov. Jim Justice remain convinced the program will create 48,000 jobs and dig the state out of an economic hole. Read

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