Updates

In the Daily Mail Opinion page of the Charleston Gazette-Mail, Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, makes the case that regardless of the outcome of the impeachment proceedings against 4/5 of the Supreme Court justices, the damage to West Virginia has already been done. A sample b… Read More

Americans for Prosperity-WV just launched a brand new podcast series titled “Mountaineer Minute” which will discuss the many issues confronting the Mountain State. Cardinal’s executive director, Garrett Ballengee, was the inaugural guest, so have a listen below! https://www.faceboo… Read More

To celebrate the launch of the “WV Comeback” campaign, Cardinal’s Garrett Ballengee co-authored an op-ed with AFP-F’s Jason Huffman in the Daily Mail opinion page. The WV Comeback has … begun. A sample below:   “West Virginia’s turnaround is turning heads acr… Read More

With the recent discussion around the use of tariffs as trade policy, the WV News reached out to the Cardinal Institute for our thoughts on the proposed policy. In short, tariffs are bad for nearly everyone, including West Virginia. See some thoughts below: “Protectionism of any kind, including tari… Read More

The WV News reached out to the Cardinal Institute to get our thoughts on a recent proposal to increase the soda tax in West Virginia as a means to fight obesity and inject more money into the state’s budget. So, what were Cardinal’s thoughts? It is the Nanny State run… Read More

In this episode of West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s “Front Porch” podcast, Cardinal’s Jessi Troyan joins Scott Finn and Rick Wilson to tackle the age-old question, “Why is WV so poor?”… Read More

Governor Jim Justice recently signed a bill that would require some able-bodied SNAP recipients to either work or volunteer 20 hours a week. On WVPB’s Front Porch podcast, Rick Wilson argues this new requirement won’t lead more people to work, and will hurt families and West VirginiaR… Read More

In this Exponent-Telegram article, Cardinal’s Garrett Ballengee discusses the need to have fiscal responsibility — and protect taxpayers — when attempting to solve West Virginia’s PEIA issue. Read More

In this episode of the “Front Porch” podcast, Cardinal’s Jessi Troyan discusses the value of Charleston’s needle exchange program. Is it worth fixing? If so, how should it be fixed? Jessi, Scott Finn, and Rick Wilson also get into some of the differences between West Virginia… Read More

In this episode of West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s “Front Porch,” Jessi Troyan join Scott Finn, Rick Wilson, and Brad McElhinny to discuss West Virginia’s historic teachers’ strike. Read More