Beaver County Times - Pennsylvania and Ohio should be more like West Virginia -- at least in terms of a severance tax on oil and gas, some policymakers and legislators say. Read Officials from Policy Matters Ohio, the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center and the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy are arguing that…
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West Virginia Public News Service - As lawmakers consider raising the state minimum wage, they're hearing from West Virginians who say that would help them and their children. Read Morgantown mother Jamie Gudiel works two low-wage retail jobs. Her husband works full-time at a low-wage landscaping position. She says one of the hardest parts of…
Logan Banner - U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller successfully dispelled rumors of his passing Friday, February 28, during a visit to Christ Church United Methodist in downtown Charleston. Read The senator's pre-arranged meeting at the church was designed to reflect on Rockefeller's 50 years "of support for West Virginia families." When the senior Democrat senator, who…
Charleston Gazette - With an Aug. 22, 2015 deadline approaching for a share of $100 million in federal grants, the West Virginia Legislature is one step closer to implementing a work-share program in the Mountain State. Read House Bill 4409 creates a work-share program known as the Valued Employee Retention program in West Virginia. The program's…
West Virginia Public News Service and Hampshire Review - State lawmakers are struggling to close a big budget hole, but a close look shows the legislature dug that pit with business tax cuts over the last eight years. Read Sean O'Leary with the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy pointed out that state spending…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - An update on Governor Tomblin's legislative agenda and members of the Senate Government Organization Committee discuss a House bill that would reform the state Ethics Commission and reduce the number of members it requires. House committees discuss bills from the Senate, including the Future Fund and pay raises for teachers.…
The State Journal - Creating a Future Fund for the state has been on the minds of many West Virginia officials for the last several years, but this year it might become a reality. Read The Future Fund, Senate Bill 461, sponsored by West Virginia Senate President Jeff Kessler, D-Marshall, along with 31 of the…
The State Journal - Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, has helped work on a Future Fund bill for the state for the past three years, promoting it as a way for the state to turn one-time revenue into a permanent source of wealth for West Virginia. Read…
Charleston Gazette - Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., gathered a group of people Friday who joined him in talking about the importance of government social programs that can be used to help working people. Read Rockefeller was a leading advocate for the Children's Health Insurance Program, which has provided health care for more than 8 million…
West Virginia Public News Service – A new report on income growth shows West Virginians have seen theirs expand by 13 percent since 1979, but more than half of it went to the very wealthiest. Read The report by the Economic Policy Institute found that when the statistics are examined by income level, the top…