WDTV - Minimum wage workers in a handful of states will be ringing in the new year with an automatic pay raise. It is a trend that reflects growing concerns about the spread of low wage jobs here and across the U.S. Read Of the 13 states making the move to increase the minimum wage,…
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Beckley Register-Herald and Parkersburg News and Sentinel - After months of meetings and discussions, the "Our Children, Our Future Campaign to End Child Poverty" coalition's approved 2014 state legislative agenda focuses on issues ranging from increasing the minimum wage to adding 30 minutes of physical activity to each school day. Read The coalition will also support…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - According to a recent report, the top 25 landowners in West Virginia own about 20 percent of the surface in the state. And perhaps not surprisingly, most of those landowners live elsewhere. The report, released by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, is the first to take a…
Martinsburg Journal - In its recently released report titled "Who Owns West Virginia?", the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy shows that in parts of the state, especially in the southern part, private lands are held by very few landowners and most are out-of-state companies. Read For instance, more than 51 percent of the…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - It could be argued that West Virginia has never been "owned" by her inhabitants. Before European settlement, of course, ideas of land ownership were not in vogue. Then King Charles II rewarded many loyal friends with large swaths of land and by 1730s, 800,000 acres in what would become West…
Charleston Gazette - In six West Virginia counties, the top 10 landowners control at least 50 percent of the private land. Not one of the state's 10 largest landowners is headquartered in West Virginia. Read These findings in a new report from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy and the American Friends Service…
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - A finding nearly four decades ago that West Virginia's biggest landowners are headquartered out of state remains true today, according to a study released Monday by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read The report, "Who Owns West Virginia in the 21st Century?," is coauthored by the West Virginia Center…
Charleston Gazette - Much of West Virginia is still owned by large, mainly absentee corporations, according to an updated examination of landownership being released today. Read Twenty-five corporations own nearly 18 percent of the state's roughly 13 million private acres, according to the report produced by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy and…
Charleston Gazette - With Medicaid expanding to cover those who make up to about $15,000 a year, West Virginia could save millions of dollars over the next few years by using Medicaid funds for treating eligible inmates, a health policy analyst said. Read Brandon Merritt, of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, estimates…
West Virginia Metro News - Thousands of fast food workers across the United States are uniting to continue the call for a higher minimum wage and the ability to unionize. Read The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour or about $15,000 a year for full-time work. On Thursday, those workers and labor organizers…