WVCBP in the News

September 21, 2016 by Ted Boettner
Experts Advocate for Better Mental Health Resources and Juvenile Justice

West Virginia Public Broadcasting - The organization Mental Health Matters is holding a series of panel presentations around the state to advocate for juvenile justice and community-based mental health care for youth. Read/Listen Yesterday's forum, the second of six, was held at the University of Charleston and included panelists from mental health, education and legal…

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September 20, 2016 by Ted Boettner
Gazette Editorial: Like It or Not, WV Must Collect More Revenue

Charleston Gazette - Like it or not, there is no way the Legislature can close the projected $400 million shortage in the state budget without raising revenue, at least not without severe damage to the state. Read It's fine to talk about cutting spending and running a leaner state government. Of course, using the people's…

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September 18, 2016 by Ted Boettner
Medical Marijuana: a Weapon Against Debt and Opioid Abuse

Daily Athenaeum - West Virginia is the opioid overdose capital of the country. Read Just last month, there were 26 overdoses in a single four-hour span in Huntington. While all 26 people survived, it seems more to the credit of health professionals and state legislators who in June made the lifesaving antidote Narcan available without…

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September 14, 2016 by Ted Boettner
Number of Uninsured in West Virginia Decreases 31 Percent

Huntington Herald-Dispatch - The number of West Virginians without health insurance decreased 31 percent from 2014 to 2015, according to data on health insurance coverage from the U.S. Census Bureau. Read The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy on Tuesday in a release credited the decrease to health care reform, especially Medicaid expansion. The…

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September 14, 2016 by Ted Boettner
Hard Truths for Trump’s America

The Wall Street Journal - If there is a "war on coal," as Donald Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell allege, it has been under way for a very long time. In Mr. McConnell's home state of Kentucky, coal mine employment peaked at 75,633 in 1948. It fell by two-thirds to about 25,000 in the late…

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September 14, 2016 by Ted Boettner
West Virginia Continues to See Drop in Number of Uninsured People

Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia ranks as one of the top states in the country when it comes to reducing the number of uninsured people in recent years, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Read West Virginia saw the number of uninsured state residents drop from 255,000 to 108,000 people between 2013…

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September 11, 2016 by Seth DiStefano
Group Pushing Earned Income Tax Credit for W.Va.

Williamson Daily News, Coal Valley News - The state Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) could help West Virginians who work but struggle to get by on low wages, according to Seth DiStefano, Campaign Coordinator for the EITC supporters. This would be similar to the Federal Earned Income Tax Credit that is already in effect. Read…

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September 9, 2016 by Ted Boettner
Marshall Plans Mental Health Matters Forum

The Point Pleasant Register - Marshall University will host the first forum in a series of statewide Mental Health Matters panel presentations to advocate for juvenile justice and a system of community-based mental health care for youth. Read The forum will be 5-7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, in the Memorial Student Center's room BE5 on…

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September 7, 2016 by Ted Boettner
W.Va. Budget Crisis Affects Higher Ed

Dominion Post - Close to 30 people turned out at WVU's Mountainlair on Sept. 6 to get schooled on West Virginia's budget crisis and some of its effects on higher education. Read Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, explained some of the factors that led to Fiscal Year…

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