Charleston Daily-Mail - Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin is still waiting for a study he commissioned to help him decide whether to expand the state's massive health care program for the poor. The actuarial analysis considers the ramifications if Tomblin decides to allow more residents to be eligible for Medicaid benefits. Read CCRC Actuaries, a Maryland-based…
WVCBP in the News
San Francisco Chronicle and The Republic - The West Virginia Senate hopes that instituting public-private funding partnerships will enable the state to become the nation's first to give free breakfast and lunch to all schoolchildren. The program would initially focus on elementary schools with hopes to expand it to all students as funds become available.…
West Virginia Public News Service -An in-depth analysis of the budget recently passed by Republicans in the U.S House shows it would shift huge costs to West Virginia state programs and taxpayers. At a time when the legislature is already wresting with shortfalls in key health and education programs, the budget authored by Congressman Paul…
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…
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