Charleston Daily Mail --"West Virginia was found to have weak enforcement standards in four of the five programs examined, and is ranked 29th among the states," according to the study by Good Jobs First and the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. Read
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The Charleston Gazette -- "Attracting good-paying jobs to the state is very important, but we should be very careful not to balance business tax cuts on the back of educating our children or other state residents," Ted Boettner said Tuesday. He added that "while we support strategic state subsidies and development of the Marcellus Shale…
The Herald-Dispatch -- Ted Boettner, Executive Director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, estimated that a cracker plant in Kanawha County with a market value of $1 billion would enjoy a $13 million annual tax break. Boettner's nonprofit group scrutinizes such tax incentives while advocating that government spending can aid low- and…
The State Journal -- A conversion to the "effective" rate puts Ohio's at about 0.37 percent of value over the past decade, according to Policy Matters Ohio, while West Virginia's 5 percent severance tax on oil and gas and on coal together came to about 3.2 percent of value in 2007, according to the West…
The State Journal -- West Virginia might be able to provide better health care if government leadership valued health as it relates to the work force and if health collaborations in the state were more successful. Those suggestions were given to a health subcommittee of the West Virginia Legislature Sunday afternoon during January interim meetings.Paul…
The State Journal -- The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy advocated a mineral trust fund, similar to other resource-laden states. Read
The State Journal -- Jim Justice is not alone on The State Journal's list of influential business leaders in the state. Other business and community leaders who were nominated and voted on in an unscientific poll conducted by The State Journal in December via both online voting and email queries include Ted Boettner. Read
The Washington Examiner -- Boettner's group challenges the view that taxes strongly influence decisions by employers to expand or relocate, and questions whether cuts spur economic growth. Read
Times West Virginian -- According to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, plenty of individuals in the state are ready to join the workforce, but there just aren't enough jobs. Read