Charleston Gazette - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., began a weeklong tour of West Virginia on Tuesday to discuss the federal debt and what it means to the next generation of Americans. Read Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said part of the reason workforce participation is low is…
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The State Journal - With the West Virginia legislative session just on the horizon, one of the most certain changes that will affect every West Virginian will be the governor's budget. Read The governor's staff takes great steps toward putting together line-by-line how the government will spend its money. The non-governmental organization West Virginia Center…
Charleston Gazette - For the 10th month in a row, West Virginia suffered job losses, according to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read Nonfarm employment fell by 900 jobs in November. The construction industry, which was the hardest hit, lost 1,200 in one month.
Charleston Gazette - Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, said, "With looming cuts to child care and higher education, it makes no sense not to modernize our sales tax and treat all businesses, small and large, the same." Read
West Virginia Public Radio - The looming fiscal cliff deadline is the focus of talks in Washington, but those potential tax increases and budget cuts could hit many West Virginia working class families hard. Executive Director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Ted Boettner explains the impact to our state. Read
Charleston Daily Mail - Secretary Keith Burdette defended the state's use of tax credits to attract businesses to the state before lawmakers Wednesday. Read Speaking to a joint meeting of the Legislature's Joint Commission on Economic Development and Joint Committee on Finance, Burdette criticized a recent New York Times report for creating a "woefully inaccurate…
The State Journal - Despite hand wringing over the future of the coal industry, a West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy analysis projects relatively stable severance tax collections. The analysis was written by Sean O'Leary, an analyst with the nonprofit think tank. Read The decline of coal, O'Leary wrote in a report posted Tuesday,…
The State Journal - A recent analysis by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy indicated that production declines may not translate to employment declines directly. Miner productivity is expected to fall, meaning producing the same levels of coal will take more man-hours. Read "In fact, there may be 10,000 more coal jobs in…
West Virginia Public News Service - The bad news is that West Virginia has a high rate of unemployed youth not in school. The good news is there are things that can be done about it. Read
A longtime physician with the New River Health Association in Fayette County is asking Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to "take full advantage of the Medicaid expansion opportunity available under the Affordable Care Act of 2010." Read The West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy, based in Charleston, estimates that maximum participation in Medicaid expansion would…