West Virginia Public New Service - Enrollment in West Virginia colleges and universities has grown rapidly, but the state has slashed higher-education funding. Read Enrollment has risen by a quarter in the past decade, said Sean O'Leary, a policy analyst for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, but total funding has fallen by…
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Charleston Daily Mail - Last week, the left-leaning West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy issued a report stating it could cost more than $5 million over five years to implement a law requiring photo identification to vote. Read The report estimates 11 percent of eligible voters lack a photo ID, and it costs the…
Spirit of Jefferson - West Virginia's secretary of state said she is gearing up to fight legislation that she claims would make it harder for some citizens to vote. Read On Monday, Tennant appeared at a press conference with newly elected Delegate Stephen Skinner as well as officials from the ACLU, AFL-CIO, AARP and the…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - WVCBP Executive Director Ted Boettner speaks with Beth Vorhees about children living in poverty in West Virginia. Watch
Logan Banner - West Virginia is on the brink of a natural gas boom that may be equal to or larger than that of the coal industry in the last century. Efforts are being made to create a grass-roots movement that will result in sustainable wealth for the state. Read Booms and busts in coal…
West Virginia Public New Service and Hampshie Review - As West Virginia considers extending health care to the working poor by expanding Medicaid, one worry has been widening a program that some have said has an unsustainable budget. However, recent figures show that the threat is subsiding. The Congressional Budget Office has sharply cut its…
Charleston Gazette - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's proposed budget cuts could put the squeeze on college students who are trying to cover higher tuition costs, according to a policy brief released Friday by the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. Read
Spirit of Jefferson - With 30 percent of West Virginia children under age six living in poverty, the time for action is long overdue. In West Virginia, more than one in four children are currently in poverty. This is simply unacceptable. We can do better. All of our children deserve a chance to succeed and…
Charleston Gazette - Advocates for Medicaid expansion say Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is right to carefully consider the option -- but the sooner he decides, the better. Read "I think it's good that West Virginia is taking a good long look at expansion and weighing the options," said Ted Boettner, executive director of the West…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - The Senate's Select Committee on Children in Poverty is continuing to gather information on how they can best help the children of our state. Today, that committee heard that early education programs may be the best way to impact poverty rates in the long run, a position Gov. Tomblin supported…