EARN in West Virginia

West Virginia Network publications

• The Real Cost of the Hope Scholarship: Special Education Students Are Paying the Price for Public School Disinvestment

  • March 26, 2026
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Tamaya Browder
  Budgets Education

• Federal DOGE Cuts Cost WV More Than 2,000 Jobs in 2025

  • January 13, 2026
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Sean O'Leary
  Federal funds for state and local governments Public Services and Employment

• WV Must Increase Public Education Spending to Meet National Average, Better Support Student Needs

  • January 12, 2026
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Tamaya Browder
  Budgets Education

• State and Federal Tax Cuts Have Given Billions to Wealthiest West Virginians; Amid Looming Budget Gap, WV Must Change Course

  • December 17, 2025
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Sean O'Leary and Kelly Allen
  Budgets Wages

• Benefit-cost Analysis of a Paid Family and Medical Leave Program in West Virginia

  • December 11, 2025
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • In partnership with Prenatal to 3 Policy Impact Center
  Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave

• Benefit-cost Analysis of a Paid Family and Medical Leave Program in West Virginia

  • December 11, 2025
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education and Human Development and West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave

• No Gimmicks Necessary: Put More Money in Workers’ Pockets by Raising Their Wages

  • December 1, 2025
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Sean O'Leary
  Minimum Wage Wages

• State of Working West Virginia: The State of the Public Sector

  • November 3, 2025
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Sean O'Leary
  Children and Families Education Minimum Wage Paid Sick, Family, and Medical Leave Public Services and Employment State of Working X

• Best School Districts in the State? Or are They Just Well-funded?

  • July 9, 2025
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Tamaya Browder
  Education

• Big Beautiful Bill’s Tax Cuts Overwhelmingly Favor the Wealthiest in West Virginia Even Before Accounting for Tariffs and Benefit Cuts

  • May 29, 2025
  • West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy
  • Sean O'Leary
  Taxes