The State Journal -- "Lower-income families and lower-income individuals, like a single mother who doesn't have a lot of money, are the people going without the insurance simply on the basis that they can't afford it," said Stuart Frazier, Policy Analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read
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Martinsburg Journal -- Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, pointed out to members of a joint House-Senate economic development interim committee earlier this month in Charleston that whether these tax credits valued in millions of dollars are fulfilling that goal is never determined. Read
Herald Dispatch - West Virginia legislators -- usually at the request of other state officials -- regularly provide business tax breaks to companies in an effort to provide more job opportunities for state residents. Unfortunately, however, information about the effectiveness of these tax breaks in terms of the number of new jobs created by each…
Media Matters -- An analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the nonpartisan West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy found that U.S. coal mining employment is much higher today than it was over the last decade." Read
Charleston Daily Mail -- The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy emphasized the child poverty rates included in the survey data. Read
The Charleston Gazette -- West Virginia ranked 10th highest for poverty in the nation, according to an analysis of the report by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, a left-leaning economic think tank. The center released a statement outlining highlights of the report. Read
WOWK-TV -- In response to the data release, the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy called on state lawmakers to make use of tools that are available to help working families make ends meet. Read
Steubenville Herald-Star --Conference attendees will hear presentations from nationally recognized speakers as well as WVU faculty including Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read
Despite a report this week projecting growth in coal mining jobs a decade from now, long-term trends in the coal industry will push miner salaries down and make the need to diversify Appalachia's economy beyond coal greater than ever. The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy released a report last week showing that projected declines…
National Public Radio -- Facing competition from cheap natural gas, coal producer Alpha Natural Resources said it's cutting production by 16 million tons and eliminating 1,200 jobs companywide. The cuts include 400 jobs with the immediate closing of eight mines in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Listen to the NPR segment