The Charleston Gazette -- In a recent commentary, Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, proposes the state create a Future Fund, or a permanent mineral trust fund fed by severance taxes on the state's mineral wealth. Read
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Beckley Register-Herald -- "We have a chance to do better in the 21st century with natural resources than we did in the 20th century, and make it a more permanent source of wealth so every generation will benefit from what we have here and what's leaving here," says Paul Miller of the West Virginia Center…
The State Journal -- According to a recent posting by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, coal mining employment has declined 1.5 percent over the last six months, but remains 11 percent higher than prior to the recession. Read
Charleston Daily Mail -- Ted Boettner, executive director of the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy, said the state was pulling the rug from under single mothers at the same time it was sitting on its rainy day fund and cutting taxes. Read
Williamson Daily News -- "If Congress decides to extend tax cuts then it needs to consider all tax payers, not just the wealthy," said Ted Boettner, the Executive Director with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read
Williamson Daily News -- The Mingo County Redevelopment Authority (MCRA) heard information about a possible source of revenue to be used for economic development in the state. Paul Miller, Policy Outreach Director for the West Virginia Center on Budget Policy (WVCBP), discussed creating an economic diversification trust fund in the state to take advantage of…
MetroWest Daily News -- The non-partisan West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy reports coal-mining employment has grown 7.4 percent in just the last three years. Read
The Charleston Gazette -- In West Virginia, employment in non-farm jobs dropped for the fourth straight month, including a loss of 1,900 jobs in April and May. The overall state unemployment rate increased slightly to 6.9 percent, the first increase in seven months, according to the May 2012 edition of "Jobs Count," a monthly newsletter…
Putnamlive.com -- West Virginia saw its total nonfarm employment fall for the fourth straight month, losing 1,900 jobs between April and May, according to a news release from Jobs Count. Read
The Glenville Democrat -- The commission heard from Paul Miller, who was in Gilmer County representing the WV Center on Budget and Policy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization whose goal is to support informed public dialog and policy in West Virginia. Mr. Miller spoke about the Mineral Trust Fund bill that is gaining steam in…