Updates

Op-ed originally published in the Journal News. By Garrett Ballengee “A relatively large portion of the state’s resources are devoted to government activities.” So said the 2016 West Virginia Economic Outlook, a publication of West Virginia University’s Bureau of Business and… Read More

Cardinal Institute executive director Garrett Ballengee was a recent guest on West Virginia Public Broadcasting to discuss conservative prescriptions for taxes and spending and why he decided to come back to West Virginia. Listen to the interview HERE. Read More

Originally appeared in the Associated Press. By Jonathan Mattise CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, a suffering coal mining state shaped by the sometimes-bloody history of its organized labor, is set to become the 26th state with a so-called right-to-work law. In House and Senate party-line vot… Read More

Story originally published in The Daily Signal. By Philip Wegmann At the end of a long political road, West Virginia may have arrived at the place conservatives think the Mountain State belongs. The Republican-controlled legislature has sent a right-to-work bill to the desk of Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin,… Read More

Cardinal Institute executive director Garrett Ballengee went on The State Journal’s Decision Makers to discuss the recent Wild & Wasteful report. To watch Garrett’s appearance on Decision Makers, click here. Read More

Harrison County Delegate Terry Waxman comments on the Cardinal Institute’s recent Wild & Wasteful report. Watch the WDTV segment here. Read More

Originally appeared in WV Metro News. By Hoppy Kercheval When Bill Maloney was running for Governor of West Virginia he often claimed he could reduce state spending dramatically by eliminating millions of dollars in government fraud, waste and abuse. Maloney lost twice, so he never got the chance… Read More

Originally appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. West Virginia is in the throes of a budget crisis. According to many state decision-makers, the $353 million shortfall is the result of reduced revenues due to the shaky state economy and plummeting coal and natural gas prices. No doubt this is… Read More

Originally appeared in the Charleston Gazette-Mail. West Virginia is used to making history. Since that fateful stroke of President Lincoln’s pen in April of 1863, West Virginians have written more than their fair share in America’s history books. As the page turns to 2016, West Virginia is once aga… Read More