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
WVCBP in the News
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
The State Journal and WVNSTV.com -- In a policy memo comparing fossil fuel taxation in West Virginia with Wyoming, the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy found a big gap between the two states, and within the Mountain State, a gap between two industries. Read
The Tennessean -- Only a tiny amount of coal is produced in Tennessee — less than 0.1 percent of the country's coal, according to a report, Coal and Renewables in Central Appalachia, by Downstream Strategies and West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. Read
Williamson Daily News -- "This is why we need the Affordable Care Act," said Renate Pore, Health Policy Director with West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. "It will give employers and employees more affordable health insurance options beginning in 2014 and it will help entrepreneurs and small business owners." Read