Wheeling Intelligencer - A West Virginia think tank believes state leaders should increase severance tax rates for ethane and other natural gas liquids to discourage them from fueling out-of-state petrochemical projects, such as the proposed $5.7 billion PTT Global Chemical cracker in Belmont County. ReadHowever, West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association Executive Director Corky…
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Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - Natural gas production has taken off in the region over the last seven years, but questions remain about how to ensure West Virginia residents see as much economic benefit as possible from the abundant resources buried underfoot. ReadOfficials have pointed to downstream chemical manufacturing processes as having the potential to transform locally…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy has released a study suggesting that raising the state's severance tax on natural gas liquids could increase revenue and help West Virginia profit from the use of the liquids in state. ReadThe study, which was released by the center on Wednesday, lays out a…
Charleston Gazette - Mail - Kanawha County's 17 percent poverty rate in 2014 was the highest it has been in the last decade, with the exception of 2011, when 17.2 percent of county residents were living in poverty, according to the latest data released by the U.S. Census Bureau last week. ReadThe finding is one…
Beckley Register-Herald - In August the federal government announced West Virginia has the lowest civilian workforce participation, on Tuesday it was learned the state has a 7.6 unemployment rate, the nation's highest. ReadThen on Thursday the bad economic news continued. A report shows nearly 20 percent of West Virginians live in poverty and more alarming…
WDTV - Our state has seen one of the biggest drops in the number of people without health insurance in the country. 5 News found out what this means for people who weren't previously insured and why some of us still aren't. Read/WatchAlmost 100,000 West Virginians have gotten health insurance in one year. This is…
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - Two local legislators plan to introduce a bill in 2016 that would reinstate a work requirement for certain West Virginians receiving benefits through the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). ReadDelegates Patsy Trecost, D-Harrison, and Danny Wagner, R-Barbour, announced Wednesday they intend to propose putting an end to a waiver of…
Charleston Gazette-Mail, WV Hospital Association Associated Press, Mid Columbia Tri City Herald , Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram, WV Press Association, Parkersburg News- Nearly 100,000 West Virginians gained health insurance between 2013 and 2014, one of the largest drops of uninsured residents in the country, according to new information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Read According to the…
The State Journal - While legislators debated tax structure on one end of the Capitol, education, faith and community groups met on the opposite side to talk about what to expect. ReadDale Lee, president of the West Virginia Education Association, said it's important to remember that the state can't increase taxes on low and middle…
Morgantown Dominion Post - As a counterpoint to the work of the Joint Select Committee on Tax Reform, members of a coalition of 22 groups gathered Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 15, to announce their Fair Taxation Principle to protect roads, children and seniors. ReadThe members come from education, faith, labor and community organizations. Speakers talked about…