By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Area legislators say they don’t know exactly what to expect when they head to Charleston today for a special budget session called by Gov. Jim Justice. But three local members of the House make it clear they will not support a[Read More…]
Month: May 2017
Justice wants tax changes
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice issued a list of tax and fee measures, plus a 2 percent raise for the state’s classroom teachers, for lawmakers to consider when they reconvene for a special session at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 4. The governor[Read More…]
Constituents voice concerns to WV delegates on eve of special session
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On the eve of a special legislative session to hash out West Virginia’s budget for the coming fiscal year, constituents told some of their delegates they are not on board with the cuts found in the budget vetoed by the governor last[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley lawmakers stand firm against tax increases
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON. W.Va. — Local state lawmakers are standing firm in their resolve not to see any additional tax increases as Gov. Jim Justice called a special session for the West Virginia Legislature to work out a budget for the state. One Wood[Read More…]
West Virginia lawmakers set to tackle budget in special session
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A proposed 20-percent decrease in West Virginia’s income tax rate — offset largely by a 1-cent-per-dollar increase to the state’s sales tax — is expected to be on the desks of West Virginia lawmakers today as they return to[Read More…]
Justice outlines special session agenda
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is putting four bills on the agenda in a call for the Legislature to return for a special session at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 4. Justice vetoed the budget bill lawmakers passed at the end of[Read More…]
Go behind the scenes of the Charleston Gazette-Mail’s Eric Eyre’s Pulitzer win
Staff report Charleston Gazette-Mail How did a newspaper in Charleston, West Virginia, beat out the nation’s largest news organizations and earn the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting? Check out the video online at wvgazettemail.com for a behind-the-scenes look on the reporting by Eric Eyre that won the Pulitzer. WATCH[Read More…]
Groups advocate no vote on GOP’s health care law
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. —Hoping to get the message to West Virginia’s congressional delegation to vote against the American Health Care Act, four groups presented their case on what the law could mean for the state. The West Virginia Healthy Kids & Families Coalition, West Virginians for[Read More…]
April revenue still down, but severance taxes rebounding
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Although Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy said April’s revenues were “disappointing,” one bit of good news came from severance tax collections. In a Wednesday call with reporters, Hardy said collections for last month came in at about $468 million but were still below[Read More…]
State officials, experts discuss pipeline development as part of conference
By CHARLES YOUNG The Exponent Telegram MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Experts and officials from the oil and gas industry discussed the future of pipeline development in the Mountain State Wednesday, May 3. The discussion was part of a panel during the West Virginia Manufacturers Association’s annual Marcellus to Manufacturing Development Conference[Read More…]