Bluefield Daily Telegraph — A recent analysis of Workforce West Virginia figures by Ted Boettner with the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy shows there were nearly 22,700 mining jobs in 2011, the Associated Press reported last week. That's the highest number of mining jobs in the Mountain State since 1995. Read
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thinkprogress.org -- In West Virginia, a recent report from the non-partisan West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy showed coal mining jobs are actually rising, with 1,500 new coal jobs added since 2009. Read
Steubenvile Herald-Star -- Paul Miller, policy outreach director for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, told the Brooke County Comission the state is seeing a temporary boost from the drilling but would see a longer term benefit by establishing a fund for economic development with taxes collected from drillers. Read Also reported May…
WCHS-Radio -- Ted Boettner with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy says numbers they've checked show there's actually been an increase in employment within the coal industry since President Obama took office. Read
Public News Service -- Ted Boettner, Executive Director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, analyzed the employment numbers. He says the environmental policies actually have very little impact on the number of mining jobs here. Read
The State Journal -- "The diversity of the state's job market has changed during the recession," an analysis from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy states. Read
AP via WVNS-TV -- A recent analysis of Workforce West Virginia figures by Ted Boettner with the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy shows there were nearly 22,700 mining jobs in 2011. That's the highest level since 1995. Read Also reported May 18, 2012 in Bluefield Daily TelegraphAlso reported May 19, 2012 in The…
The Charleston Gazette -- "Any way you look at it, coal mining employment is at a two-decade high," said researcher Ted Boettner, who recently analyzed the figures for a blog published by his group, the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy. Read
The Charleston Gazette -- Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said, "It is imperative that policymakers and the public know whether they are getting a strong return on their investment." Read
Wetzel Chronicle -- Ted Boettner, executive director for the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, stood before the commission to "initiate conversation" on the possibility of an economic diversification trust fund being set up for the state of West Virginia. Read