West Virginia Watch As West Virginia University is weighing faculty and academic program cuts, a group of campus employees is hoping to have a voice in the future of the state’s largest public university. WVU is grappling with an estimated $45 million budget gap for the coming year. In response, the university has cut staff and raised tuition almost…
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Public News Service In West Virginia, babies of Black mothers are dying at higher rates in childbirth compared to white infants - and experts say the lack of access to healthcare for people of color is likely driving those numbers. According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state's…
Charleston Gazette Mail Gov. Jim Justice and company recently celebrated a record budget surplus for the just-ended 2022-23 budget year – although as Justice and Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy admitted, the surplus was wildly inflated by deliberately and significantly underestimating state revenue collections. The surplus will likely trigger a second round of income tax cuts — but ominous economic…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - More than 12 percent of Americans, or 42 million people, need help getting enough food to eat. Listen to the full Us & Them podcast episode. In West Virginia, that number is about 18 percent. That help comes from a federal program called SNAP — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,…
WVU's Independent Student Newspaper While West Virginia University officials blamed state education trends for its drop in student retention and $45 million budget deficit, a budget policy expert pointed to a lack of state support for education during a faculty senate meeting Monday. Now, as the University looks to improve its student recruitment and retention strategies, some faculty…
WCHS West Virginia University's Faculty Senate met Monday for the first time since announcing a university-wide transformation that could result in cuts to several programs. The university announced it is reviewing about half the university's programs because of a $45 million deficit. "We must change ourselves or we will be changed by someone else," President Gordon Gee said. Gee expressed concern…
Charleston Gazette Mail West Virginia’s Fiscal Year 2023 has concluded with an unprecedented revenue surplus of $1.8 billion over estimates, marking the second consecutive year of shattering the state’s all-time record, according to Gov. Jim Justice. Announcing the numbers last week, Justice heralded the accomplishment as a turning point for West Virginia, emphasizing the state’s…
West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginia’s state government ended the fiscal year $1.8 billion over estimate. Read the full article. Much of the surplus is already spoken for through legislative appropriations, and state officials will determine what to do with the rest. And, of course, political views differed on whether the surplus is a sign…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Gov. Jim Justice announced on Friday that West Virginia’s cumulative revenue collections for Fiscal Year 2023 will come in at $1.8 billion over estimate. He said the budget surplus breaks the record for biggest single-year revenue surplus in state history for the second year in a row. Read the full…
WCHS - Student loan borrowers are preparing to readjust their budgets. More than 220,000 West Virginians have about two months before beginning to repay their student loans. Read the full article. Since 2020, interest and requirements on loan payments came to a halt. Kelly Allen with the West Virginia Budget and Policy Office spoke with…