WVCBP in the News

May 1, 2014 by Sean O'Leary
New Report Shows WV Cuts to Higher Education

The State Journal - The Center on Budget and Policy released a report May 1 that shows West Virginia isn't the only state making cuts to higher education. Read However, the Mountain State only stands in front of Wyoming in how much those cuts are over the last school year. West Virginia, according to the…

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April 24, 2014 by Ted Boettner
Advocates Urge WV Gov. Tomblin to Restore Cuts to Children, Families

The State Journal - On April 23, the Our Children, Our Future Campaign released a new report it's using to urge Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to re-consider his line item veto of over $1 million in early childhood programs. Read The group is hoping to convince the governor to include in a special session the…

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April 24, 2014 by Ted Boettner
Budget Decreases in Family Programs Cut Close to Home

Beckley Register-Herald - Celena Roby has spent the last six years looking over her shoulder just in case she sees him — the man who abused her for 11 years and who held her captive in a bathroom while her two children begged him not to hurt their mother. She left home with her two…

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April 21, 2014 by Ted Boettner
Report: Focus on Kids

Morgantown Dominion-Post and InsuranceNewsNet.com - "We are failing our kids in West Virginia. But we do not have to." Read That grim assessment is the opening line of a report "Child Poverty in West Virginia: A Growing and Persistent Problem," released last year by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. The report is…

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April 20, 2014 by WVCBP
Non-Compliant Insurance Plans Get 3-Year Stay

Charleston Gazette - West Virginians who enrolled in health insurance plans incompatible with the Affordable Care Act before its onset will now have three more years to choose a new plan, according to the state's insurance chief. Read West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Mike Riley said Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin made the decision to extend the…

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April 19, 2014 by Ted Boettner
Schools ‘Feed to Achieve’ With Breakfast

Wheeling Intelligencer - Each morning at Weirton Middle School, students start the day with a muffin and fruit or a breakfast burrito, then proceed to their classroom for 20 minutes of accelerated reading while they eat, according to Hancock County Schools Superintendent Suzan Smith. Read Across West Virginia, school students are taking in a slice…

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April 18, 2014 by Ted Boettner
MetroNews ‘Talkline’ Debate: Are Tax Credits Worth It?

West Virginia Metro News — Two advocates for more efficient government spending in West Virginia say tax credits for economic development projects should be viewed the same way as direct spending in the budget because such credits eliminate revenues that could have otherwise been collected. Read "There's nothing wrong with them (tax credits) if they're…

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April 14, 2014 by Sean O'Leary
Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania Counties Report ‘Mixed Bag’ on Hydrofracking Effects

The Legislative Gazette (NY) - Researchers from states that are experienced with hydraulic fracturing released a collaborative report on how gas drilling has affected four counties in the United States and made recommendations to states considering allowing fracking within their borders. Read Authors of the report found the counties highlighted in the report were not…

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April 11, 2014 by Sean O'Leary
Marcellus Shale Impact Still Large in Wetzel County

The State Journal - Wetzel County has always been a producer of natural gas, but a boom in the Marcellus Shale gas drilling really put it on the map for the Mountain State. Read Since 2008, the county at the base of the Northern Panhandle saw an increase in drilling by 6,000 percent. A recent…

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April 11, 2014 by Sean O'Leary
Little Impact Felt Locally

Wheeling Intelligencer - The impact of the natural gas boom in Wetzel County - both good and bad - pales in comparison to other Tri-State area counties also experiencing a surge in drilling activity, according to a report released Thursday by the Multi-State Shale Research Collaborative. Read The report includes case studies from Wetzel County…

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