Williamson Daily News -- "If Congress decides to extend tax cuts then it needs to consider all tax payers, not just the wealthy," said Ted Boettner, the Executive Director with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read
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Williamson Daily News -- The Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) heard information about a possible source of revenue to be used for economic development in the state. Paul Miller, Policy Outreach Director for the West Virginia Center on Budget Policy (WVCBP), discussed creating an economic diversification trust fund in the state to take advantage of…
MetroWest Daily News -- The non-partisan West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy reports coal-mining employment has grown 7.4 percent in just the last three years. Read
The Charleston Gazette -- In West Virginia, employment in non-farm jobs dropped for the fourth straight month, including a loss of 1,900 jobs in April and May. The overall state unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.9 percent, the first increase in seven months, according to the May 2012 edition of "Jobs Count," a monthly newsletter…
Putnamlive.com -- West Virginia saw its total nonfarm employment fall for the fourth straight month, losing 1,900 jobs between April and May, according to a news release from Jobs Count. Read
The Glenville Democrat -- The commission heard from Paul Miller, who was in Gilmer County representing the WV Center on Budget and Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization whose goal is to support informed public dialog and policy in West Virginia. Mr. Miller spoke about the Mineral Trust Fund bill that is gaining steam in…
Times West Virginia -- Paul Miller, policy outreach director for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, and Rick Wilson, project director of the American Friends Service Committee West Virginia Economic Justice Project, believe it (SB 182) could make an impact on the state in all possible aspects. Read
Wheeling Intellgencer/News-Register -- One estimate, by the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy, was that had Shell come here, the incentives would have saved it about $303 million during a 25-year period. Read
Martinsburg Journal -- As Ted Boettner and the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy has thoroughly documented, CNIT/BFT, which made up almost 13 percent of general fund revenues in 1990, has been cut to the point that they comprise only about four percent in 2012, with the slack made up by personal income and…
The State Journal -- These conclusions agree with the understanding of Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, which has published on this issue in its October 2011 "Marshall University Natural Gas Tax Study Proves Virtually Nothing" and, in December 2011, "Investing in the Future: Making the Severance Tax…