Senator Joe Manchin has recently called for the budget reconciliation package currently being negotiated in Congress to be cut from $3.5 trillion to $1.5 trillion over 10 years. The Build Back Better agenda, combining the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework and the proposed $3.5 trillion budget reconciliation package, is estimated to support more than 4 million jobs annually, including over 17,000…
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Housing insecurity has been a particularly insidious aspect of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent recession as households’ collective ability to contain the illness relies on their ability to isolate themselves at home. There are several additional factors to consider here, but at its core, the question remains: if you are facing eviction or foreclosure, where…
The Inter-Mountain - West Virginia is looking at a $300-$400 million budget deficit in fiscal year 2018, and state lawmakers must be ready to answer difficult questions about how to bridge the gap, officials with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy said. Read After a special legislative session that cost $595,000, Gov. Earl…
Last week, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities updated their list of states with budget shortfalls in FY 2012. As you can tell from the chart below - or from reading the paper last week - the Mountain State is one of 6 states that does not have a budget shortfall in the upcoming…
Clarksburg Exponent-Telegram - West Virginia's state budget is facing some serious problems that require immediate action, according to the West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy's executive director. Read The West Virginia Center for Budget and Policy is a nonpartisan organization that examines West Virginia's state budget and advocates for various programs to help improve…
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…
Jennifer Jett Prezkop writes, "West Virginia's financial situation is a precarious one at best," in her West Virginia Executive Magazine article. Read. WVCBP Executive Director Ted Boettner had this to say on the matter: "policymakers will need to address the revenue problems in order to improve the state's fiscal health and make much needed investments that…
This West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy report, Repealing the Affordable Care Act: Hurting Our Health and Our Economy, provides a detailed analysis of the human and economic impact of repealing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in West Virginia. Read the full report. Repealing the ACA would have far-reaching effects throughout the Mountain State, including…
Earlier this week the Census Bureau released its annual state population estimates. The data showed West Virginia losing an estimated 9,951 residents from July 2015 to July 2016, making West Virginia one of only eight states to lose population in the past year. Digging deeper into the data sheds a little more light on the…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - In a quip heard ‘round the greenhouse, Gov. Jim Justice admitted in a March virtual town hall that his opposition to recreational marijuana was “weakening” but that the West Virginia Legislature would have to take the lead on the issue. Read the full op-ed. Had his planned repeal of the state income…