WVCBP in the News

April 2, 2025 by Kelly Allen
‘Going to double the debt’: Dems Call Out GOP Hypocrisy After Senator’s Remarks

Raw Story - Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told reporters he can edit federal spending and revenue baselines as the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee. Read the full article. “As Budget Chairman, under section 312 of the Congressional Budget Act, I have the authority to determine baseline numbers for spending and revenue. Under that authority, I have…

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April 2, 2025 by WVCBP
Local School District Reacts to Potential Closure of Federal Department of Education

WTRF - A recent executive order signed by The Trump Administration to dismantle the Department of Education is causing some concern about how public schools will receive federal funding. Read the full article.   According to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, federal funding brings more than $350 million annually into West Virginia’s 55 county school…

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March 31, 2025 by Kelly Allen
WV Lawmakers Put Medicaid Expansion Trigger Bill on Inactive Calendar

West Virginia Watch, Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia lawmakers on Monday walked back a measure that would have put more than 165,000 residents at risk of losing their health care coverage through Medicaid expansion.  Read the full article. House Bill 3518 would have put in place a trigger so that if the federal government lowered the…

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March 29, 2025 by WVCBP
Statehouse Beat: Federal Cuts Will Hit W.Va. Harder Than Other States

Charleston Gazette-Mail - For reasons not entirely explicable, for the past few years legislative leaders have prided themselves on passing the Budget Bill by the 60th day of the regular session, avoiding the traditional post-session budget conference, when the session would be extended for a few days to work out a final version of the…

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March 29, 2025 by Kelly Allen
Trump Funding Cuts Ripple Through Rural America

Reuters - The phone rang over the whine of Trey Yates' butter churn. The person calling was polite, but the message was devastating: Mountaineer Food Bank was ending Yates' butter contract, due to the federal government's funding cuts. Read the full article. The next day, President Donald Trump signed a declaration celebrating National Agriculture Day,…

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