Charleston Daily Mail - A year ago, I made the regrettable decision to issue an economic forecast in this space: “West Virginia will enjoy relatively strong economic growth in the next five years. Read.
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The Parthenon - Tri-State Indivisible sponsored a debate Monday, with representatives from Wolf- Pac, the American Civil Liberties Union and West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy discussing removing money from politics. Read.
Marshall Parthenon - Tri-State Indivisible sponsored a debate Monday, with representatives from Wolf- Pac, the American Civil Liberties Union and West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy discussing removing money from politics. Read article. “We want to propose an amendment to end the corrupting influence of money in politics and restore free and fair elections,”…
State Journal - Is West Virginia producing enough college graduates? State education officials say the clear answer to that question is an emphatic “no.” Read.
Public News Service - Some West Virginians fighting student loan debt say they feel they've been given a life sentence - a debt sentence. Read.
State Journal - Gov. Jim Justice, state revenue officials and some business leaders think consistently better-than-expected revenue collections are the sign of an economic turnaround for the Mountain State. Read.
Bowles Rice Views & Visions - West Virginia is facing an economic crisis. For far too long, a high share of low-wage jobs coupled with declining workforce participation has caused us to rank poorly on health, education, incarceration and poverty when compared to other states. While there is no silver bullet to fixing all of these…
Public News Service - West Virginia Republicans are running for election on what they describe as the "great" economy. State unions call that putting lipstick on a pig. Read.
State Journal - A new academic report from researchers at the University of Kentucky found West Virginia’s repeal of the prevailing wage in 2016 has led to lower construction costs for public projects. Read.
ITEP - West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy’s Ted Boettner and the Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Dean Baker co-authored a piece that pushes back against claims that West Virginia’s economy is booming. Read.