West Virginia
State Budget Sources
State Budget Sources: An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses is a resource published by the Volcker Alliance designed to help public officials, policy advocates, journalists, academics, and concerned citizens fully understand the critical fiscal decisions that governors and legislators must make. The guide includes the links below to budgets for this state as well as legislative analyses of budget bills and treasurers’ or comptrollers’ monthly state cash-flow statements; capital spending plans; reports on public-worker pension funding and returns; and reports by local and national fiscal research organizations, bond rating firms, and associations of state fiscal and finance officials.
Executive and Other Constitutional Finance Offices
Revenue estimates, monthly revenue reports, rainy day fund information, and spending levels by funding source.
Houses finance division, public retirement board, and a variety of administrative services.
Cash and debt management; chief financial officer with oversight of state operating funds.
Non-Governmental Organizations
Concentrates on conservative economic policies, with some coverage of tax issues; part of the State Policy Network of state-focused, free market-oriented think tanks.
Policy research organization provides budget coverage and educational materials; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Legislative Offices
Provides an annual digest of state revenue sources and periodic analysis of cash balances in special funds.