By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The lead sponsor of a bill that would repeal personal income tax says he plans to revise the bill to address concerns raised in the fiscal note. The Senate Select Committee on Tax Reform took up Senate Bill 335 in its Monday[Read More…]
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February revenue numbers above estimate but below last year
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Budget officials have not changed their estimate for the current fiscal year’s gap, saying that number has stayed at $123 million. And to resolve that gap, Gov. Jim Justice along with House and Senate leadership have proposed sweeping one-time special revenue accounts[Read More…]
Justice touts road project proposals in Nitro
By ALI SCHMITZ Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the latest stop on his “Save Our State” tour, Gov. Jim Justice again promoted his plans to raise money to help fix and maintain road projects throughout West Virginia. Justice repeated his amended gas tax plan,introduced last week, during a stop[Read More…]
Justice touts budget, education plans to vets
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch BARBOURSVILLE, W.Va. — Much like the 134 members of the Legislature are doing in Charleston, more than 100 veterans and community leaders stood before Gov. Jim Justice on Monday morning asking for action to balance West Virginia’s budget and breathe new life into the state.[Read More…]
West Virginia Senators vote to remove wage protections
By ASHTON MARRA The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia senators have approved a bill to dismantle the wage bonding requirement for certain industries in the state. Members voted 21-12 Monday morning after some debate on the chamber floor. Senate Bill 224 would get rid of the[Read More…]
WV Senate votes to repeal wage bonds
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate split along party lines Monday, March 6 in an effort to repeal the state’s wage bond law. Under current law, construction and mining contractors are required to put up a wage bond equal to four[Read More…]
WV’s February tax intake $10.3M over projections
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — For the first time in months, the West Virginia revenue report for February was printed in black ink, with tax collections of $251.8 million exceeding projections by $10.3 million, or about 4 percent. “For the first time this year, we actually exceeded[Read More…]
Senate Committee interviews Gayle Manchin and Cheryl Schreiber
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts Secretary Gayle Manchin said she feels this role as cabinet secretary has allowed her to come full circle. “Becoming cabinet secretary was really like coming full circle, bringing together so many interests and work I’ve done[Read More…]
W.Va. House bill creates office to monitor overdoses
By BRETT DUNAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W. Va. — A bill that would create an office to track drug overdoses to have information to apply for grants passed the House of Delegates and was sent to the Senate. H.B. 2620, known as the “West Virginia Drug Overdose Monitoring[Read More…]
Morrisey declines to move $8 million to drug treatment fund
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey told lawmakers Monday that he won’t transfer his office’s $8 million share of a recent lawsuit settlement with prescription drug distributors to a special account set up to ensure the money goes to substance abuse treatment,[Read More…]
