Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - Most state residents are aware officials in Charleston have struggled to balance the budget the past three years. ReadBut as West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy analyst Sean O'Leary pointed out recently to Staff Writer Jeremiah Shelor, it could have been much worse. O'Leary and others have correctly pointed out that…
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Charleston Gazette - About 150 people turned out to talk about steps to take to promote racial equality at an event on Charleston's East End Tuesday evening. ReadFarajii Muhammed, a community organizer from Baltimore, urged taking peaceful action, after he described violent protests he witnessed at home.Muhammed is the youth empowerment program director for the…
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Gives $430,000 to WV Center on Budget and Policy to Continue Policy Research
The State Journal - To continue its policy research and analysis work on racial equity and poverty issues in the Mountain State, the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy received financial help from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, Michigan. The Center's West Virginia State Fiscal Analysis Initiative project will be funded with…
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - West Virginia was one natural gas boom away from facing the same kind of shortfall that had Kansas's state government struggling to balance its budget earlier this month. ReadThat's according to Sean O'Leary, a fiscal policy analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy.West Virginia's government has experienced a budget…
The State Journal - At a time when policymakers in West Virginia are making critical choices for higher education funding, a new report shows many states already have done the same. ReadA map of federal and state relationships in higher education funding bring up three key points: levels of funding coming from the federal government…
KTVZ.com, Enews Park Forest - As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau considers new rules to rein in predatory practices in payday and similar types of lending, Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and 31 Senate colleagues expressed support Thursday for the agency's first steps and urged the strongest possible rules to combat the "cascade of devastating financial…
West Virginia Press Association - The WV Center on Budget and Policy is hosting economic development training. ReadAccording to the WVCBP, the goal of the June 12 meeting is to "help progressives win on important economic issues facing West Virginia working families."Fiscal policy analyst Sean O'Leary, who has worked for over five years on tax…
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - The future of the Affordable Care Act as currently implemented will pivot on a ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of King vs. Burwell, and a decision is expected in June. ReadBut a ruling in favor of the plaintiff could cause considerable disruption in West Virginia and across…
Charleston Gazette - The Kanawha County school board approved today approved a 2015-16 school year budget that gives across-the-board pay raises for teachers and service personnel and extends this semester's pay increases for middle and high school principals and assistant principals. ReadBoard members approved the budget on a 4-1 vote, with Pete Thaw voting against…
Clarksburg Exponent Telegram - Tax reform is a difficult proposition. If it were easy, we'd have done it years ago. ReadCurrently, the legislative Select Committee for Fair Taxation has held a couple of meetings in Charleston on reforming the state's tangled tax code and many county officials are holding their collective breath.The Charleston Gazette recently…