Category: Budget

West Virginia and American Rescue Plan Act Funds

By Brian Skinner, Esq. State governments, including West Virginia, are beginning to receive the first allocations from $193.5 billion in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. The ARPA, signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021, establishes the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund.  The Fiscal Recovery Funds are intended to provide support to […]

In Slumping Energy States, Plugging Abandoned Wells Could Provide an Economic Boost

  STATELINE ARTICLE- By: Erika Bolstad – September 23, 2020 WATFORD CITY, N.D. — It’s rare for Tom Brooks to say no to work. Which is why, in the middle of a pandemic and a worldwide slump in oil prices, Brooks mustered up a crew to plug a 42-year-old oil well for the state of North […]