By Tina AlveyThe Register-Herald of Beckley WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — “There are a lot of people that still need help; those are the ones you don’t hear from.” White Sulphur Mayor Lloyd Haynes spoke as he scanned the former high school gym, ringed with brochure-filled tables bearing the names[Read More…]
Month: May 2017
Opinion: Tiered severance tax could destroy oil and gas industry
By Charlie Burd Executive Director Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia The Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia (IOGAWV) provides a voice for West Virginia’s oil and natural gas industry – including producers who live, work, contribute to and cast their votes in West Virginia.[Read More…]
Two killed in early-morning plane crash at Yeager Airport
By GUISEPPE SABELLA Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two people died Friday morning after their cargo plane crashed at Yeager Airport shortly before 7 a.m. The plane — owned by Milwaukee-based Air Cargo Carriers and operated by UPS – landed on Runway Five at the airport, veered left and crashed[Read More…]
Lawmakers looking for compromise on budget
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Legislature may not have approved any tax reform measures or even had a budget bill to consider, but Republican-majority legislative leaders expressed some receptiveness toward working out a deal to balance the state’s budget for 2018. In[Read More…]
WV House rejects Justice’s budget proposal as special session begins
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A special session to come up with a revenue fix to close shortfalls in the 2016-17 West Virginia budget got off to a fitful start Thursday as members of the House of Delegates voted 59-36 to reject Gov. Jim Justice’s plan to[Read More…]
WV Reps. Mooney, Jenkins, McKinley vote yes on AHCA
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — All three of West Virginia’s congressional representatives, all Republicans, voted to revise the Affordable Care Act, joining a narrow majority Thursday. The GOP-backed legislation, the American Health Care Act, will roll back required patient protections for health care providers. It passed 217-213,[Read More…]
House leaders say calling special session “premature”
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House of Delegates leadership criticized Gov. Jim Justice for calling the special session Thursday, saying key bills were not ready for consideration. In a news release calling it a “bungled special session start,” House Speaker Tim Armstead said calling the special session[Read More…]
WV House rejects budget: New session starts with much waiting
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — After a long day of sitting and waiting for legislation to be presented, West Virginia House of Delegates members Thursday quickly rejected a measure to raise the state’s sales tax while decreasing income tax rates — a key component[Read More…]
Justice budget plan dies in day 1 of special session
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia House of Delegates killed the main component of Gov. Jim Justice’s budget plan on the first day of a special legislative session on Thursday, May 4 by voting to reject the governor’s revenue and tax reform[Read More…]
Three Senate bills have been advanced to second reading
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Legislature gaveled into special session Thursday, taking up increasing classroom teachers salaries along with roads measures. The Senate introduced three bills — SB 1001, raising classroom teachers’ salaries; SB 1002, increasing the DMV fees and motor fuel tax; and[Read More…]