West Virginia Public News Service - Raising the minimum wage would help the state's working poor and in the process, improve the economy for everyone, according to a new analysis. Read Sean O'Leary, policy analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, is the author of the new report, Giving West Virginia's Workers…
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Charleston Gazette-Mail, Williamson Daily News- Federal COVID-19 pandemic relief and stimulus funds boosted federal grants to states to record levels in the 2019-20 budget year, an analysis by the Pew Federal Trusts found. Read the full article.
Gazette-Mail - West Virginia depends on federal funding more than all but four states, according to a report released this week. Read.
West Virginia News, West Virginia Public Broadcasting - A new report calculates the cost of the state’s education voucher program on public schools. Read the full article. The analysis from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, published Wednesday, estimates the Hope Scholarship costs West Virginia public schools up to $21.6 million. The Hope…
WOWK TV - What would happen if West Virginia increased its tax on soda and other sugary drinks? View.
Charleston Gazette - With Medicaid expanding to cover those who make up to about $15,000 a year, West Virginia could save millions of dollars over the next few years by using Medicaid funds for treating eligible inmates, a health policy analyst said. Read Brandon Merritt, of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, estimates…
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Meridian Star, Marshall News Messenger, Williston Daily Herald, Brookings Register- There’s nobody here. Read the full article. Well almost nobody. This unincorporated community is in a magnificent corner of the world, garlanded by mountains, picturesque farms planted along the road, eight miles from not one but two ski areas and a state…
The Charleston Gazette -- "West Virginia and other mineral-rich Appalachian states would be smart to follow the lead of Western energy states that had the foresight to create a permanent severance tax trust fund, or a Future Fund," said Ted Boettner executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read
WOWK - Back in mid-June Governor Jim justice cut the extra $300 in federal weekly unemployment benefits early, which affected 15,000 people in the Mountain State. Watch the full segment. While many argue it was intended to get people back to work, the data shows a different reality. Ask most people in Charleston about ending…
Sunday Gazette Mail - In West Virginia and many other states, the minimum wage for all workers is $7.25 an hour, but it is significantly less for tipped workers. Many restaurant owners only pay their workers a wage of $2.13 an hour, assuming tips will enable them to reach the minimum hourly wage. ReadSome waitresses…