Sean O’Leary

Policy analyst @WVCBP | anywhere but in between |

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

“We’re not investing in growing, we’re cutting," O’Leary pointed out. "Cutting is not leading to growth.”

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[Spotlight on Poverty @povertynews]

Our latest exclusive is an interview with @RhonniRogo of @WVCBP about new research showing work requirements on SNAP do not increase employment: https://t.co/rdIe43ae4M

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Here's a look at how revenue collections are faring compared to this point in FY25. Severance tax collections are leading the way, not surprising with high energy prices.

[West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy @WVCBP]

Named in honor of Quantez Burks, a Raleigh County man beaten to death by Southern Regional Jail staff in 2022, the Quantez Burks Report documents what the state will not: the lives lost behind bars in West Virginia.

[Together For Public Schools WV @ForOurSchoolsWV]

While lawmakers came into the 2026 legislative session with plans to revamp the formula, the session ended in March without any of those measures making it to the governor’s desk for consideration. https://t.co/jpSz89wG2g #StopSchoolClosuresNOW

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

Tune into @wtsq881 at 1:00 to hear your favorite person talk about your favorite topic https://t.co/G1kgwqCPC5

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

I’m too tired to enjoy the weekend

[Kelly Allen @kellakelWV]

During the 2026 legislative session, some lawmakers tried to ensure Hope Scholarship funds were targeted to education costs. They were met w/ attacks and misinformation from voucher groups. Now trampoline parks + 24 hr gyms are Hope Scholarship vendors.
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[West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy @WVCBP]

This week's Budget Beat highlights:
- Growing Death Rate Outpacing Births & Migration in WV
- @ForOurSchoolsWV Calls for Moratorium on School Closures & Consolidations
- Child Care Providers Continue to Close Across WV

Read the full newsletter: https://t.co/5l7BL8w9zc

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

Ballpark moon

[West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy @WVCBP]

Instead, expensive and ineffective tax cuts take away revenue needed to improve quality of life in the state by doing things like investing in education, health care, housing, and infrastructure.

Learn more: https://t.co/vpVLOQ2TqZ

[West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy @WVCBP]

In recent years, West Virginia’s leaders have focused narrowly on tax cuts as a way to boost economic and population growth. But the reality is that tax cuts do nothing to address the primary drivers of West Virginia’s population decline.

[West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy @WVCBP]

ICYMI: Over the past five years, WV’s population declined by 1.4%, the largest decline in the country. The data tell a story of an aging population with low life expectancy, and the important role of international migration.

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

If you don’t want to listen to me, listen to Hoppy https://t.co/bB28qjv3zx

[Hoppy Kercheval @HoppyKercheval]

This week's commentary: We need more West Virginians. https://t.co/V4hPZMHg3t

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Watch me

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you cannot avoid the feelings you have, aries.

[Kelly Allen @kellakelWV]

As the state's KIDS COUNT grantee, we've asked for this data in WV, but the WV DoHS has been "researching if they are in custody of responsive documents" for 8 months and counting. This is data we were able to get without a FOIA under prior gubernatorial administrations.

[Kelly Allen @kellakelWV]

Among the states that break out the data, children make up nearly half of those who've lost SNAP coverage since HR 1 (the One Big Beautiful Bill) was enacted. @RepRileyMoore @RepCarolMiller @SenCapito @JimJustice_WV https://t.co/aPhQvpAtgZ

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

This is how people lose coverage, not because they’re not working, but because reporting requirements aren’t met.

[WVU Institute for Policy Research @WVUPolicyRes]

Beginning next year, work requirements will be a condition of eligibility for more than 161,000 Medicaid recipients in West Virginia, and most state enrollees are unaware of this, a new survey found.
https://t.co/Ld3iY3fFr1

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

@katielmcinnis Berkeley and Monongalia were the only 2 with more births than deaths.

Overall Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Hardy, Grant, Monongalia, and Monroe grew.

[Sean O’Leary @OLearySW]

Only 2 counties in WV have seen natural population growth since 2020, or more births than deaths.