WVCBP in the News in 2010
W.Va. county jitters could doom business tax break
February 21, 2010, Associated Press -- Gov. Joe Manchin faces a hard sell with his proposal to free business equipment and inventory from taxes, even as the measure advances in the West Virginia Legislature. Read in the Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Also published in phillyblurbs.com, San Francisco Examiner, The Daily Athenaeum
Report: Racial divide persists in W.Va.
February 17, 2010, The Register-Herald -- Authors of a new study highlighting racial inequalities across West Virginia are urging state lawmakers to take action. Read
February 17, 2010, The Charleston Gazette -- A new study has found that black West Virginians have substantially higher poverty rates and earn considerably lower salaries than white residents across the state. Read
Minority Gains Not Showing Up In Wallets
February 17, 2010, MinorityNews -- African Americans in West Virginia continue to earn less money, have higher rates of poverty, and be less likely to own a home or have health insurance than whites, according to a report released today at the State Capitol. Read
Racial Inequality Persists in the Mountain State; Groups propose solutions
February 17, 2010, HuntingtonNews.Net -- African Americans in West Virginia continue to earn less money, have higher rates of poverty, and be less likely to own a home or have health insurance than whites, according to a report released Tuesday, Feb. 16 at the State Capitol. Read
Racial divide persists in state
February 17, 2010, Charleston Daily Mail -- Blacks living in West Virginia have substantially higher poverty rates, earn considerably lower salaries, are less likely to own a home and yet are equally as educated as whites in the state, according to a report released this week. Read
The Legislature Today: Interview by Beth Vorhees
February 16, 2010, West Virginia Public Broadcasting -- Interview by Beth Vorhees with Reverend James Patterson and Rick Wilson about "Legacy of Inequality: Racial and Economic Disparities in West Virginia."
Report calls W.Va.'s racial disparities 'catastrophic'
February 16, 2010, The Charleston Gazette -- Black West Virginia residents face higher rates of poverty, unemployment, infant mortality and incarceration than white residents do, according to a report released Tuesday. Read
Report: Minority Gains not Showing up in Wallets
February 16, 2010, WBOY-TV -- A new report by the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy shows the state's minority population still lags economically. Read
Also reported at WOWK-TV and The State Journal
African-Americans in WV Report: A Legacy of Inequality
February 16, 2010, Public News Service -- The American dream is still not open to everyone in West Virginia . . . That's the conclusion of a new report issued in connection with the current Black History Month. Read
W.Va. bill aimed at pending retirement crisis
February 6, 1010, Rockford Register Star -- For hundreds of thousands of West Virginia workers, retirement, if it happens at all, means nervously watching utility and grocery bills rise while wondering how much longer Social Security will cover those regular expenses. Read
Also reported in Huntington Herald-Dispatch
West Virginia weighs freeing some business inventory and equipment from property taxes
February 4, 1010, The Washington Examiner -- The West Virginia Association of Counties has given its guarded blessing to a proposal meant to free business inventory and equipment from property taxes. Read
Also reported in Charleston Daily Mail, Bluefield Daily
Telegraph.
Legislators tackle bill to encourage retirement savings
February 3, 2010, W. Va. Public Boradcasting -- The Senate action on Wednesday was upstairs in the Pensions Committee, where senators discussed a new retirement plan for employees of small businesses. Read
Also reported at plansponsor.com
Ohio Training for Green Jobs; WV Could Do More
February 1, 2010, Public News Service -- Ohio ranked number one in the country last year for job creation in the advanced-energy economy.... Ted Boettner, executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy, says Mountaineers could learn from Ohio and other states. Read
Stim Money Helps WV Lawmakers Mop-Up Red Ink
January 8, 2010, Public News Service -- As West Virginia legislators prepare to tackle a budget deficit when their annual session begins next week in Charleston, one resource they'll look to is federal stimulus money. Read
New report paints bad state picture
January 3, 2010, News and Sentinel -- Jackson County remains the poster child for the state's recession-plagued areas and unemployment, according to a new report by the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read