Sean O’Leary

I am 95% cold medicine right now

Amid a Growing Budget Deficit, Lawmakers Advance an Ineffective Tax Cut for Coal - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy Last week the House Finance committee originated legislation to reduce the state’s severance tax on metallurgical coal (coal used for the production of steel) by 30 percent, from 5 percent to 3.5 perc...

Amid a Growing Budget Deficit, Lawmakers Advance an Ineffective Tax Cut for Coal

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“Before I get drafted into the war with Iran, I wanted to let you know how I really feel…”

I’m on my own this weekend and I’m ordering food instead of cooking every night and you can’t stop me.

Although I’ve learned to have the edible after I’ve ordered, or I end up paying $20 for mozzarella sticks

Just, you know. It’s like this sometimes.
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I understand why there isn’t one, but I really wish there was a bar at this indoor trampoline/zip line/go kart/arcade park

Governor's 10 Percent Income Tax Cut on the Move in the Senate as Budget Pressures Mount - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy This week, the Senate Finance Committee approved SB 392, Governor Morrisey’s proposed 10 percent personal income tax cut at a cost of $250 million in revenue annually, as well as their changes to the ...

Governor’s 10 Percent Income Tax Cut on the Move in the Senate as Budget Pressures Mount

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Leftist subversives would be a good band name

How can you not love Twitter?

It’s true itep.org/undocumented...

Natural Gas Severance Tax Cut Could Cost the State Millions, With Little Benefit - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy Amid looming budget gaps and Governor Morrisey’s call for additional personal income tax cuts, tax cuts for the natural gas industry are moving through the West Virginia Legislature. SB 706 would cut ...

Back writing about severance taxes again wvpolicy.org/natural-gas-...

Faraway, so close
Up with the static and the radio waves

Governor's FY 2027 Budget Overview: Hope Scholarship Growth and Tax Cuts Tell the Story - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy In January, Governor Morrisey unveiled his proposed FY 2027 budget, which is now in the hands of the West Virginia Legislature to review, amend, and pass. Newly proposed tax cuts–on top of previously ...

The continued growth of the Hope Scholarship combined with newly proposed tax cuts included in the FY 2027 proposed budget would create significant budget strains for WV and lead to considerable budget gaps in the coming years.

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"Given the many unmet needs in the state, it is arguable that federal resources could be put to better use than terrorizing waiters and dishwashers at rural West Virginia Mexican restaurants."

Before the recent crackdown undocumented immigrants in West Virginia were 7.7 times more likely to be arrested by ICE than in the US as a whole.

The State of West Virginia's Immigrants - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy West Virginia’s immigrants come from all over the world and while a small share of the populations, they are broadly represented throughout the state’s workforce and economy. Read PDF of report. But a...

Just uplifting this report about immigrants in West Virginia wvpolicy.org/the-state-of...

It’s hard to decide what’s worse. That it keeps happening, the silence from some, or the cheering it on from others.

I’m anxious, so I take my meds, which make me sleepy, so I drink too much caffeine, which makes me anxious.

Come watch me be anxious tonight!

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Well I'm alive, I'm alive, but I'm sinking in
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Why don't you invite me in?

Federal DOGE Cuts Cost WV More Than 2,000 Jobs in 2025 - West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy After a several month delay due to the federal government shutdown, West Virginia’s jobs report resumed this month, showing a sluggish economy that lost 700 jobs in November, and 5,800 jobs since July...

Between federal DOGE cuts & a shrinking state budget, WV has lost thousands of well-paying jobs over the last several years. Lawmakers have immense power to protect public sector jobs, and they should do so for the sake of our state's people and economy wvpolicy.org/federal-doge...

Total nonfarm employment is down 1,400 jobs in West Virginia over the past 12 months. Health care and construction are propping up the economy, while federal cuts are hurting. Federal government employment is down 2,200 jobs, a decline of 8.2%

The resumed jobs report also shows West Virginia's unemployment rate is climbing, jumping from 4.0% in September to 4.4% in November. There were 2,100 fewer West Virginians working in November of 2025 than in November of 2024.

The monthly jobs report is back after pausing during the government shutdown. Total nonfarm employment fell by 700 jobs in November. West Virginia has lost jobs for 5 straight months.

YouTube video by CNBC Why No Tax On Tips May Be Making America’s Tipping Problem Worse

EPI's Nina Mast on CNBC discussing the harms of 'No Tax on Tips'. The policy solution for increasing take home pay for low wage and tipped workers? Pay them.

#minimumwage #tippedwage #affordability #notaxontips

My parents digitized their home VHS tapes, so here’s 1 year old Sean at their wedding

Pat wasn’t home

Best team in the game www.instagram.com/reel/DSnHc8W...

Be of good cheer

Poor guy has a sinus infection, but then ripped my favorite shirt while getting his nose drops.