WVCBP in the News

The Charleston Gazette -- Another study. In the last three years, we've had four of them . . . including the 2012 report from the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. Read

Martinsburg Journal -- We offered Shell $300 million in tax incentives which would have created what Ted Boettner of the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy called "a virtual tax-free environment." Read

The State Journal -- Ted Boettner, director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said he did not understand how Muchow calculated a $20 million increase in state tax revenues. Read

The Charleston Gazette -- After studying those proposals, the West Virginia Center for Budget Policy said in a new analysis Thursday that if tax breaks were a major factor, Shell would have chosen an Ohio site. Read

The Charleston Gazette (blog) -- The state's business tax climate had very little to do with Shell's decision to locate in Pennsylvania. Read

The State Journal -- The WVCBP had published materials when the ethane cracker tax incentive was being considered, offering a review of studies suggesting tax breaks had little to do with business location decisions. Read

WOWK-TV -- According to the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy, there are a number of differences in department-level appropriations that vary from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's budget and the Senate and House versions. Read

The Charleston Gazette -- Non-farm employment rose by 3,100 jobs, reaching 763,990 jobs, according to Jobs Count, a monthly newsletter published by the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. Read

The State Journal -- The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy calculated the value of the tax break to be on the order of $300 million. Read

The Charleston Gazette -- According to a "policy memo" just released by the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy, Wyoming collected $2.1 billion in taxes from its coal and natural gas operations. West Virginia collected only $787 million. Read