WVCBP in the News

February 21, 2013 by Ted Boettner
The Decline of McDowell County and the Future of Coal

Daily Athenaeum - McDowell County has a rich history of coal mining. The southernmost county in West Virginia paints the picture of coal's impact upon the state. In the early 1950s ,the county had a population of more than 100,000 and was the largest coal producer in the world. Read During the subsequent decades, as…

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February 20, 2013 by Ted Boettner
Child Poverty in West Virginia a Persistent Problem, Report Says

Charleston Gazette - While West Virginia has reduced the number of seniors living in poverty, child poverty is a growing problem, according to a report released by two organizations Tuesday. Read The state's senior poverty rate fell from 39.2 percent in 1969 to just more than 10 percent today, the report stated. It was released…

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February 20, 2013 by Ted Boettner
Will Success Reducing Senior Poverty Work for WV Kids?

West Virginia Public News Service - West Virginia - and the United States as a whole - have dramatically reduced poverty among seniors, and a growing movement says it's time for the state to do the same for children. Read Census figures say the portion of West Virginia seniors living below the poverty line has…

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February 20, 2013 by Ted Boettner
Report Says High Poverty Rate is Obstacle

Charleston Daily Mail - Without its persistently high rate of child poverty, West Virginia could reduce other nagging societal problems like the rates of divorce, obesity, addiction and teen pregnancy. Read That's the premise of a new report from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy and the West Virginia Healthy Kids and Families…

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February 19, 2013 by Ted Boettner
Charleston Mayor Wants Tax Changes in City

Charleston Gazette - Charleston Mayor Danny Jones said this morning that he wants to eliminate and reduce some business and occupation taxes in the city, and raise sales taxes to renovate the Charleston Civic Center. Read

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February 14, 2013 by Ted Boettner
Tomblin Speech Light on Talk of Energy Issues

Charleston Gazette - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Wednesday night promised to keep fighting tougher federal regulation of the coal industry, touted continued growth of the state's natural gas business, and said he would spare West Virginia's mine safety agency the budget cuts hitting other sectors of state government. Read But in a speech heavy…

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February 14, 2013 by Ted Boettner
Tomblin Proposes $17 Million for Child-Care Subsidies

Charleston Gazette - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's office won't cut child-care assistance after all, the governor said Wednesday in his State of the State address. Read Tomblin said he is proposing $17 million to preserve the state's child- care subsidies program. Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said Tomblin…

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February 12, 2013 by Ted Boettner
Senate President: Future Fund to be Reintroduced This Year

The State Journal - State lawmakers will get another go at a bill designed to cushion the blow of up and downs in the state's energy economy. Read The Future Fund is a concept that has been promoted in the Legislature for the past several years. The idea is to take funds from increased activity…

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February 8, 2013 by Sean O'Leary
Report – $190 Billion Lost to Offshore Tax Dodges

West Virginia Public News Service - According to Sean O'Leary, a policy analyst with the West Virginia Center On Budget and Policy, the state has closed one big loophole that had allowed companies to hide profits in other states. But he says it's hard to confirm how much the state loses to offshore tax havens,…

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