Charleston Daily Mail --"West Virginia was found to have weak enforcement standards in four of the five programs examined, and is ranked 29th among the states," according to the study by Good Jobs First and the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy. Read
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WCHS-TV - A new study shows more students are living in poverty now compared to students almost a decade ago. Read/WatchThe nonprofit EdBuild analyzed U.S. Census estimates to determine an increase of student poverty from 2006 to 2013.Over those years, the percentage jumped from 31 percent of students living in poverty to 49 percent in…
Beckley Register-Herald - In October elected officials sitting on the Select Joint Committee on Tax Reform committee heard from the conservative The Tax Foundation that eliminating the business personal property tax would create jobs and grow the economy. Read However, a recent study by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy found the business…
The State Journal -- These conclusions agree with the understanding of Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, which has published on this issue in its October 2011 "Marshall University Natural Gas Tax Study Proves Virtually Nothing" and, in December 2011, "Investing in the Future: Making the Severance Tax…
SNL - The West Virginia Coal Association, or WVCA, announced a new study aiming to bolster their argument for a steep reduction in its tax burden, an effort it said could help turn the tide on the state's flailing coal sector. ReadThe trade association hopes the West Virginia legislature will cut the coal severance tax…
The West Virginia Coal Association released a report this week on the supposed economic impact of its proposed severance tax cut for coal. The Coal Association is pushing a cut in the state severance tax on coal from its current rate of 5% to 2%. I've talked before about how that is a pretty terrible…
Charleston Gazette - Most people in West Virginia will pay less in health insurance premiums through the state's health insurance exchange than they would have in the regular insurance market before the federal Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress, according to a state-commissioned actuarial study. Read The rates are dependent on getting younger, healthy…
The State Journal - West Virginia has come a long way since former President John F. Kennedy visited the hillsides in 1963. Read"I would not be where I am, I would not have some of the responsibilities which I now bear, if it had not been for the people of West Virginia," Kennedy said during…
Senator Manchin’s announcement that he will not support the Build Back Better Act is a major blow to West Virginia’s families, workers, small businesses, and state economy. Failing to pass a social infrastructure package and an extension of the improved Child Tax Credit – including the monthly payments that are helping West Virginia families afford the…
For Immediate Release: December 20, 2021Contact: Kelly Allen, 304-612-4180 Charleston, WV – Senator Manchin’s announcement that he will not support the Build Back Better Act is a major blow to West Virginia’s families, workers, small businesses, and state economy. Failing to pass a social infrastructure package and an extension of the improved Child Tax Credit – including the…