By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Homer Hickam says he’s always happy to be in West Virginia and is proud to be from the Mountain State. And he believes part of the state’s path to success could be found in the arts. Hickam, a New York Times No.[Read More…]
Month: March 2017
WV Senate Judiciary Committee eyes raising campaign funding limits
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Judiciary Committee looked over a bill Monday that would increase campaign donation limits in West Virginia elections and decrease some disclosure requirements. The committee reviewed Senate Bill 539, a lengthy measure that revises election finance laws down to the smallest nuts[Read More…]
Justice takes budget plan to tourism industry
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice urged state tourism industry leaders Monday to advocate for his plan to jump-start the state economy — a plan that is encountering blowback from the Republican-controlled Legislature. “We’re going to win this battle,” Justice said. “I’m going to tell[Read More…]
Justice seeks more tourism dollars for stronger ad campaign
By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice says the state’s previous campaign at promoting tourism have been “an absolute waste of effort.” He wants to increase the state’s tourism budget. Chelsea Ruby, commissioner of the Division of Tourism, says too few people have seen ads[Read More…]
WV tax reform bill gains momentum
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to substantially change West Virginia’s tax system continues to move forward in the Senate, despite concerns that it could hurt lower- and middle-class families and state retailers. A Senate finance subcommittee on Monday advanced the Tax Reform Act (SB 335), which[Read More…]
Senate committees take up tax reform measure
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would decrease the personal income tax and increase consumption tax advanced out of a Senate subcommittee Monday. Senate Bill 335 would lower personal income tax to 2.5 percent and would start to phase it out in 2023, expiring completely[Read More…]
House committee advances Jackie Withrow Hospital bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would sell the assets of the Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley now heads to the House floor. The House Committee on Finance passed the committee substitute for House Bill 2366 in its Monday meeting. Under the new version, the[Read More…]
WV adolescent abortion bill sent to subcommittee
By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following a public hearing Monday, during which sexual abuse survivors spoke against the bill, the West Virginia House of Delegates Committee on the Judiciary sent legislation that would place new restrictions on adolescent abortions to a subcommittee for further review. More than[Read More…]
ACLU of West Virginia speaks against bill interfering with minor’s abortion rights
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia spoke out Monday against a bill that would restrict access to abortion services for young women. House Bill 2002, which eliminates a doctor’s ability to bypass parental involvement in a minor’s decision to terminate[Read More…]
WV House wants further work on abortion bill
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Judiciary Committee of the West Virginia House of Delegates has sent an abortion bill to a subcommittee for more work before recommending it to the full House for passage. House Bill 2002 would further restrict existing state law, which requires[Read More…]