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…
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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…
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - Deep in Mountaineer Country, the two major party candidates for the highly competitive 14th State Senatorial District, largely in Preston County, are battling over the question of how to move West Virginia forward at a time when coal seems to be dying. Read While incumbent Democrat Bob Williams is calling for a…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The majority of students who graduated from West Virginia's public colleges between 2003 and 2013 didn't go on to work in the state, a new report from West Virginia University finds. Read About two-thirds of the students who are from West Virginia wound up working in the state, and only about 10…
Bloomberg BNA - As coal king Jim Justice seeks the governorship of West Virginia, environmental advocates are warning that his pro-coal agenda would threaten the state's water, air and economy. Read In an e-mail to Bloomberg BNA, Justice said that, as governor, he would address the environmental problems of coal mining by pushing for more…
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Republican Chandler Swope and Democrat Rockwell "Rocky" Seay are vying Nov. 8 for the Senate District 6 seat in southern West Virginia. Read Both men met last week with members of the Daily Telegraph's editorial board, and presented largely opposing views on issues ranging from Right to Work, the repeal of…
Logan County, south of West Virginia, is a mountainous region essentially rural and mining villages that once thrived thanks to coal mining. Read In the heyday in the early 50s, the Logan County had nearly 80,000 residents. It remains now only half. Logan, with its 1700 inhabitants, is one of the cities in the United…
Investor's Business Daily - An Oct. 17 court ruling was just the latest boost given coal producers in their long, slow battle against regulators and economic change. Read A U.S. District Court judge ruled the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had failed to assess the effect on coal mining jobs caused by the agency's tightened power…