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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.comSan 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

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