By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislators anticipate co-tenancy to be one of the top energy issues to come up in this year’s West Virginia legislative session. Delegate Bill Anderson, R-Wood, said his vision is to enact such legislation, which he believes will simplify the process when there[Read More…]
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Legislative Lookahead: Delegate says Wood County ethane cracker plant ‘wasn’t to be’
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. – While the minority chairman of the House Finance Committee said he hasn’t heard the planned cracker plant in Wood County is dead, he said Friday that the project “wasn’t to be.”“I went to the announcement in Parkersburg … several[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Teacher vacancies, salaries lead education discussion for W.Va. legislative session
By MARY ANN HEATH The Journal of Martinsburg CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teacher salaries and accountability, the opioid crisis and school funding took the forefront as top education issues facing the state during the 2018 Legislative Lookahead Friday in Charleston. The day-long event, hosted by the West Virginia Press Association, featured[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: U.S. Sen. Capito says federal tax reform plan good for W.Va.
By Rusty Marks The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., told a group of newspaper reporters, lawmakers and lobbyists on Friday that she believes the federal tax reform bill passed by Congress on Dec. 20 will help the vast majority of West Virginians. “While it’s[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: W.Va. leaders confident in state’s finances as legislative session nears
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling CHARLESTON — Leaders in the West Virginia Legislature say they’re confident there just might be money in the state budget to move West Virginia forward this year. A discussion about the state’s budget, and the “West Virginia Forward”study commissioned by West Virginia University, took[Read More…]
Watch ‘WVPA Insight’ video on W.Va. Secretary of State’s new voter ID education program
From W.Va. Secretary of State’s office: CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Secretary of State Mac Warner announced the launch a new program to educate the public on the state’s voter identification law, which went into effect on Jan. 1. The “Be Registered & Be Ready to Vote” campaign will help educate voters on[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Business inventory tax cut on 2018 W.Va. legislative agenda
By Phil Kabler The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Reducing business inventory taxes will be a priority of the 2018 W.Va. legislative session, but there’s no chance that the West Virginia Legislature will revisit last year’s contentious fight to lower personal income taxes. That was the consensus of a panel[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Eliminating state’s tangible property tax a top priority for WV lawmakers
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Eliminating the tangible personal property tax is one of the top priorities in the West Virginia Legislature this year, according to legislators at the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead on Friday in Charleston. A tax on movable property like[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: W.Va. lawmakers to focus on community college scholarships in 2018 session
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Bills to incentivize people to attend community and technical colleges will be up for discussion in the next legislative session. In Friday’s West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead, panelists discussed educational issues they expect to come up during the upcoming legislative[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: W.Va. Legislature likely to address teacher seniority issue during 2018 session
By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House Education Committee’s vice chairman expects a bill that would remove the statewide mandate that public school teachers with the least amount of seniority automatically lose their positions when job cuts are made in a particular teaching area[Read More…]
