5 February 2012, 2:11 am
Local officials aggressively pursuing economic developmentBluefield Daily TelegraphCounty Administrator Jim Spencer, county Economic Development Director Margie Douglass, and others have already met with Gov. Bob McDonnell to discuss the looming job losses, and are working with the Virginia Economic... Read More »
5 February 2012, 12:20 am
Jobs growth gives luster to Rust BeltFort Wayne Journal GazetteFrom northern Michigan's iron mines to Pennsylvania's natural gas fields, the industrial heartland of America is humming with jobs again as a region once left for dead recovers faster than the rest of the United States. The econo... Read More »
4 February 2012, 11:10 pm
Would tax hike on millionaires help Miss.?Jackson Clarion LedgerIn 2011, Mississippi, Arkansas and West Virginia claimed the lowest percentage of millionaire households - about 3.5 percent in each state, according to Phoenix Marketing International's annual analysis. But the report's relevan... Read More »
4 February 2012, 8:14 pm
History: State roots entwinedCharleston Gazette... a good time to recall that the creation of West Virginia was somewhat a black history event. The Mountain State was born because the Civil War erupted over Northern efforts to curb slavery. In the early 1800s, the Kanawha Valley's economy depend... Read More »
4 February 2012, 8:14 pm
Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Small business needs helpCharleston GazetteCongress returned to the Capitol for the State of the Union speech and to get started on a full agenda of job-creating policies. As I have in past years, I intend to focus my energy on finding new opportunities for job growth in West V... Read More »
3 February 2012, 3:00 am
WV Center for Budget and Policy advocates for tax increaseGas Business BriefingA public policy organization in West Virginia is calling for a 1% increase in severance taxes to support a long-term fund that would support economic development. West Virginia has a long history of coal extraction and, r... Read More »
2 February 2012, 10:33 am
West Virginia RecordW.Va. officials praise coal at industry symposiumState Journal"Coal has been the backbone of our economy for 100 years and will continue to for many years to come, to be an important of our economy in West Virginia," Tomblin said, thanking the industry representatives for their r... Read More »
2 February 2012, 10:33 am
Groundhog Day economic forecast: More of the same, but betterState JournalKent spoke about West Virginia's economy, and how 38 percent of the state's products go to Europe, so the Mountain State economy hinges on Europe's economy, which has not been very stable. "It's not popular in ... Read More »
1 February 2012, 2:25 pm
Youngstown Business Journal3 states offer big tax breaks for Shell Oil plantFox NewsSome are disturbed that states haven't released a more detailed economic analysis of the proposed tax breaks. "We have no idea how much the state is losing in revenue each year. Nobody knows," added Ted Boettner,... Read More »
31 January 2012, 12:45 pm
Charleston Gazette (blog)WVCBP: Fund from severance tax could raise more than $5 billion by 2035State Journal"With coal production declining in West Virginia, we see that local and state economies cannot rely indefinitely on finite natural resources for jobs and tax revenues," said Rory McIlmoil, co... Read More »
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