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…
WVCBP in the News
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…
West Virginia Public News Service – Cash-strapped West Virginia counties are watching a special tax committee at the legislature with dread. ReadThe Joint Select Committee on Fair Taxation may consider cuts to severance and business inventory taxes. Both could land hard on the counties, which have already struggled with falling revenue for several years.Kanawha County…
Charleston Gazette - Hundreds more West Virginia miners were told Friday that they were being laid off, in the latest blow to the already deeply troubled Appalachian coal industry. ReadAlpha Natural Resources issued a statement announcing the "expected idling" of subsidiary Rockspring Development's Camp Creek underground mine and processing plant in Wayne County and had…
Wall Street Journal, Nasdaq - Coal miner Murray Energy Corp. on Friday said it would lay off as many as 1,829 workers at mines in Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia. ReadThe shedding of over 20% of the workforce at the nation's third biggest coal miner deals another harsh blow to the industry that is still…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - A report released this month by the national Center on Budget and Policy Priorities looked at states across the country that cut their higher education budgets in the wake of the 2008 economic downturn. Read or listen. Three of 50 states did not make cuts to their systems during that time,…