Associated Press, West Virginia Public Broadcasting, CNBC, Fox 11, WV VA, The Washington Times, The Roanoke Times, WSAZ, The Daily Times, The San Luis Obispo Tribune, Napa Valley Register - Incomes in resource-rich West Virginia lag behind the nation, in part because of a "trickle-down" approach to state economic policy that puts more power and…
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Charleston Gazette-Mail - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy has released a new report that highlights a historically unsurprising result: West Virginia and its people trail much of the country when it comes to the economy and personal income. Read.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail - Last week, when President-elect Donald Trump announced his plan to nominate Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt as administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, West Virginia political leaders — constant critics of the EPA under the Obama administration — quickly voiced their approval of Trump's pick. Read.
Public News Service - Lack of behavioral health care for children may be undermining West Virginia's efforts to reduce truancy, cut juvenile incarceration and improve foster care, advocates say. They pointed to surveys showing that a much higher than average portion of state high school students complained of mental health issues, such as depression or anxiety. And…
The Inter-Mountain - Upshur County Schools will lose $160,000 in funding due to mid-year state budget cuts announced recently by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin. Read. With an $87 million shortfall looming on the horizon, Tomblin earlier this month announced a statewide cut of $11.1 million to state school aid, the largest funding source for K-12…
Public News Service - Donald Trump has promised to revitalize the coal industry and put miners back to work, but some political observers say he's raising false hope. Read. According to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, the decline in state coal production is being driven by cheap natural gas, low-cost wind and…
West Virginia Executive Magazine - Some could see the $381 million revenue shortfall coming. Others were blindsided by it, recognizing a problem only after the regular legislative session ended without a budget bill. A steady flow of complaints with an undercurrent of urgency became the conversational norm among outraged citizens. If the budget bill wasn't…
The State Journal - So far this fiscal year, personal income tax collections in West Virginia have fallen almost $30 million short of projections. Corporate income tax revenue is more than $14 million below estimates, and state sales tax collections are running more than $35 million below what state tax officials predicted. Read. But West…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - On a special episode on Viewpoint, the 2016 General Election results are in, but what do they mean for West Virginians today and into the future? Listen Conservative columnist Laurie Lin, of WVPB's The Front Porch, and West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy's Ted Boettner join host Ashton Marra…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Leaders of West Virginia's coal industry were rejoicing Wednesday over the election of Republican Donald Trump as the nation's 45th president — and the possible regulatory rollbacks that may come with it — but industry and economic experts remained skeptical that Trump can really bring back a significant number of mining jobs…