WVCBP in the News

August 6, 2025 by Sean O'Leary
Gazette-Mail Editorial: Shooting the Messenger and Fudging the Numbers

Charleston Gazette-Mail - Longtime readers might remember when West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, members of his administration and state Republican leadership were over the moon about the state being ranked No. 1 in the nation for personal income growth in the first quarter of 2019. Read the full article. Justice, now a Republican U.S. senator,…

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August 6, 2025 by WVCBP
Feds Sign Off on WV’s Plan to Stop Food Stamps from Paying for Soda

West Virginia Watch, Yahoo News - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has officially approved West Virginia’s plan to disallow the use of federal food assistance benefits to purchase soda and sugary drinks. Read the full article. Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday joined USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary…

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August 2, 2025 by WVCBP
Bill Passing was a ‘betrayal of trust’

The Intermountain - I am astounded that the United States Congress passed the Reconciliation Bill, also known as the Big Beautiful Bill. Read the full article. The West Virginia Congressional Delegation, including Senator Capito, Senator Justice, Representative Miller, and Representative Moore, should understand how disappointing their support of this legislation is. I work with vulnerable,…

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August 1, 2025 by Sara Whitaker
New Inmate Death Reporting System Named After Raleigh County Man

WVVA - The 2022 death of a man inside Southern Regional Jail due to assault from corrections workers has spurred a new data reporting system in West Virginia. Read the full article. The Quantez Burks Report was recently launched by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Burks was secreted away, restrained and brutally beaten…

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August 1, 2025 by Seth DiStefano
Low-wage Workers Reeling Over Trump’s Looming SNAP Cuts as Food Prices Rise

The Guardian - Poverty and hunger will rise as a result of the Trump administration’s unprecedented cuts to the US federal “food stamps” program, according to experts. Low-income workers who rely on the aid are braced for dire consequences. Read the full article. Katie Giede, a single mother and waitress in Conyers, Georgia, is one of…

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August 1, 2025 by WVCBP
WV Center on Budget and Policy Introduces The Quantez Burks Report

WOAY - In West Virginia, the name Quantez Burks has become a symbol of a more profound crisis within the state’s jail and prison system.  Read the full article. Burks died in 2022 after being assaulted while handcuffed by state employees at Southern Regional Jail. Though the state initially claimed he died of natural causes, a…

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July 29, 2025 by WVCBP
West Virginia Nonprofits Speak Out About Federal Funding Cuts under President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act

WOWK - Nonprofit leaders in West Virginia are speaking out about potentially harmful impacts to communities after changes to federal funding are put in motion from President Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Act. Read the full article. According to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy’s data in 2025, federal dollars make up nearly…

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July 26, 2025 by WVCBP
Data Center Advancement Sparking Environmental, Economic Concerns Throughout WV

Charleston Gazette-Mail - Fifteen-year Tucker County resident Sheena Williams told the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection her child has asthma. Read the full article. Williams said she feared an expected data center facility for which the DEP has signaled it will approve an air quality permit despite facility plans to potentially emit hundreds of…

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