By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With no resolution to the legislative budget impasse, West Virginia lawmakers took a new direction Wednesday, on the 13th day of the special session, putting a revenue measure (House Bill 107) into a House-Senate conference committee. That follows days of informal, closed-door[Read More…]
Month: June 2017
Conference committee to hammer out West Virginia tax reform
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature is close to achieving an agreement on tax reform — and overcoming a major obstacle en route to a 2018 state budget. On Wednesday, Senate and House leadership named members to a conference committee tasked[Read More…]
Revenue bill in high-stakes negotiation point
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Legislature picked up Wednesday where they left off on May 24 and sent a tax revenue measure to a conference committee with the goal of reaching a compromise before June 30. House Bill 107, or the West Virginia[Read More…]
‘Rolls on the River’ celebrates West Virginia Day
Event features pepperoni rolls, craft beer, local artisans Release from Rolls on the River event: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Pepperoni rolls and craft beer are a match made in Almost Heaven, West Virginia, and will be the features of a new event to celebrate West Virginia Day. The inaugural “Rolls on the River”[Read More…]
House, Senate send revenue bill to conference committee
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A House-Senate conference committee discussed differences between two versions of the revenue bill after the committee was organized and members appointed in Wednesday floor sessions. Much of the committee’s discussion focused on triggers for reducing personal income tax. Delegate Eric Nelson, R-Kanawha,[Read More…]
WV already meets smog standard the EPA is delaying
By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will extend by a year one of the key deadlines for states on a major regulation that aimed to further limit smog, the EPA announced in the latest Trump administration move to unravel Obama-era pollution rules.[Read More…]
Doctor to speak on concussions at Marshall
Staff report The Herald-Dispatch HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — A nationally recognized neurosurgeon portrayed in the 2015 movie “Concussion” will discuss understanding and preventing brain injury in sports this week on Marshall University’s campus. “An Evening with Dr. Julian Bailes,” presented by the Marshall Sports Medicine Institute and sponsored by Radon Medical Imaging[Read More…]
Justices sharply divided, but ruling clears way for disinterment of WWI Medal of Honor winner
By MATT HARVEY The Exponent Telegram CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A sharply divided state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the remains of a Medal of Honor recipient can be disinterred from the Cornstalk Wildlife Preserve and reburied with honor at the Donel C. Kinnard Memorial State Veterans Cemetery in Institute. Justice[Read More…]
McKinley still backing clean energy despite Paris climate decision
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite a decision by President Donald Trump to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement, at least one member of West Virginia’s congressional delegation is still pushing for clean energy. In May, U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.Va., joined U.S.[Read More…]
Free fishing days allow people to fish in the state without a license
By VICTORIA CANN The Exponent Telegram CLARKSBURG, W.Va — West Virginia Division of Natural Resources will be hosting its annual Free Fishing Days this weekend. The state has supported these days as a part of the fishing landscape for a number of years, said Bret Preston, assistant chief of the[Read More…]