by Lou Martin | Oct 19, 2020 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity
In this election, 79 percent of the voters list the economy as a very important issue, more than any of other issue, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center. Growing up in the Ohio Valley, whenever the discussion turned to bringing jobs to the area, the steel...
by Sean O'Leary | Oct 15, 2020 | Blog Posts, Clean Energy, Research, Shared Prosperity
Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia should try it instead of throwing up barriers In 2009, Texas was the nation’s biggest consumer of coal for the generation of electricity. By 2019 Texas had cut its consumption of coal by a third and replaced it with . . . If you...
by Joanne Kilgour | Oct 7, 2020 | Blog Posts, Newsletter, Research
A Message From Our Executive Director The Ohio River Valley, like much of the country, is currently living under the nation’s microscope – we are facing scrutiny from pundits trying to predict our contribution to the outcome of the Presidential election, we are...
by Sean O'Leary | Sep 23, 2020 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity
Earlier this year, the Belomar Regional Council, an economic planning and development council comprised of governments in Belmont County Ohio, and Ohio, Marshall, and Wetzel Counties in West Virginia, submitted an updated Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy to...
by Ted Boettner | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog Posts, Research, Shared Prosperity
“If our economy seems to be growing but that growth is not sustainable because we are destroying the environment and using up scarce natural resources, our statistics should warn us. But because GDP didn’t include resource depletion and environmental...
by Joanne Kilgour | Sep 22, 2020 | Blog Posts, Newsletter, Research
A Message from Our Executive Director Last week, we lost one of my personal heroes and legendary lawyer and advocate for gender equality, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This loss leaves us with uncertainty around the political maneuvering we can expect...
