WVCBP in the News

The Charleston Gazette -- Earlier this year, the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy looked closely at the models Energy Department officials use to forecast future coal production trends. Read

Agence Global - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, for example, has proposed a small increase in taxes on coal and natural gas, to be funneled into a Future Fund for educational and infrastructure projects to help build a new economy. Ted Boettner, executive director of the center, notes that other energy states…

The State Journal -- "Lower-income families and lower-income individuals, like a single mother who doesn't have a lot of money, are the people going without the insurance simply on the basis that they can't afford it," said Stuart Frazier, Policy Analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read

Martinsburg Journal -- Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, pointed out to members of a joint House-Senate economic development interim committee earlier this month in Charleston that whether these tax credits valued in millions of dollars are fulfilling that goal is never determined. Read

Herald Dispatch - West Virginia legislators -- usually at the request of other state officials -- regularly provide business tax breaks to companies in an effort to provide more job opportunities for state residents. Unfortunately, however, information about the effectiveness of these tax breaks in terms of the number of new jobs created by each…

Media Matters -- An analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the nonpartisan West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy found that U.S. coal mining employment is much higher today than it was over the last decade." Read

Charleston Daily Mail -- The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy emphasized the child poverty rates included in the survey data. Read

The Charleston Gazette -- West Virginia ranked 10th highest for poverty in the nation, according to an analysis of the report by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, a left-leaning economic think tank. The center released a statement outlining highlights of the report. Read

WOWK-TV -- In response to the data release, the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy called on state lawmakers to make use of tools that are available to help working families make ends meet. Read

Steubenville Herald-Star --Conference attendees will hear presentations from nationally recognized speakers as well as WVU faculty including Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read