WOWK TV - Sometimes the best way to exchange ideas is to break bread with others. That’s what happened at Friday’s annual “Budget Breakfast” from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Watch the full segment. A lot of people are focused on the state’s budget surplus, which may balloon to $700. Democrats say…
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Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia is one of many states set to use revenue surpluses brought by federal relief money for tax cuts. Read the full article. After lawmakers last week near-unanimously approved $350 million in subsidies for the Mason County Nucor steel recycling plant project and further capital improvements, Democrats on Tuesday announced that…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - This week on The Legislature Today, West Virginians weigh in on a controversial piece of legislation. As health reporter June Leffler reports, pro-life and pro-choice residents spoke on two abortion bills at a public hearing Monday in front of state lawmakers. Listen to the full segment. Also, in this show, energy…
Good Morning America, ABC News - For millions of parents across the country, the New Year has started off without a monthly deposit from the child tax credit expansion, a deposit of several hundred dollars that parents had relied on since July, when the expansion went into effect. Read the full article. "That was the only income…
Sierra Club Magazine - When West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin III, a well-known coal baron, withdrew support from the Build Back Better agenda, the Biden administration’s landmark climate and social safety net bill, an influential coal mining union was quick to respond. Read the full article. The United Mine Workers of America (UMWA), a labor union formed in…
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript - Get those Biden Bucks flowing! But they're not. Because Sen. Joe Manchin has a problem with helping folks who need it. And why? Because he wants a work requirement. Or is he just plain stingy, while his Senate colleagues stand frozen in the face of the irremovable Senate filibuster? Read the full…
Newsweek, Ceng News - Senator Joe Manchin is facing pressure from local leaders and parents to take action to extend the child tax credit. Read the full article. Gathered at the West Virginia State Capitol on Friday, advocates stood holding signs featuring testimonials from parents as well posters reading "Child Checks Keep Families Afloat" and "We Can't…
Good Jobs First - West Virginia residents will be footing the bill for the $1.7 billion handout to steelmaker Nucor Corporation, while the project is likely to benefit hundreds of workers who reside in Ohio and Kentucky. That’s the consensus from four economic policy watchdog groups spanning the region. Read the full press release. In…
West Virginia MetroNews, World Republic News, Top News - A coalition of West Virginia organizations and those parents and guardians directly impacted by the child tax credit rallied on the state Capitol steps on Friday, one day before more than 30 million families across the country will not receive a monthly payment for the first…
The Hill - Thousands of children in the state of West Virginia are facing the risk of falling into poverty, as the federal government remains in a gridlock over continuing a child tax credit program — one that West Virginia’s own senator opposes. Read the full article. Since July 2021, millions of families across the country began receiving special payments from the federal government under the advanced child…