By KEN WARD JR. Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice promised Wednesday night that on his watch West Virginia business and industry would stop hearing “no” from the state Department of Environmental Protection, an 800-person agency whose rank-and-file inspectors the governor singled out for harsh criticism for — the[Read More…]
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New representatives enter first session
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia state representatives — including new senators and delegates from the Eastern Panhandle — met for the first session of the new legislature Wednesday. Sen. Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, 16, and Rep. Riley Moore, R-Jefferson, 67, are both first time representatives, hailing[Read More…]
West Virginia Legislature kicks off in Charleston
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Wednesday marked the beginning of the new legislative session in Charleston. Delegates and Senators both anxiously awaited Governor Jim Justice’s State of the State Address on Wednesday evening. Most agreed the real work would begin when Justice announced the new state budget.[Read More…]
Marion County politicians weigh in on State of the State
By MICHELLE DILLON Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice gave his State of the State address to the West Virginia Legislature on Wednesday night. In his speech Justice proposed ways to fix the state’s $500 million budget deficit as well as its education, roads and[Read More…]
Justice’s budget proposal includes cuts, new fees, taxes
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice presented a budget proposal during his State of the State address that includes both further budget cuts and increases in taxes and fees. In a largely off-the-cuff speech liberally peppered with humor and self-deprecation, Justice said[Read More…]
Reactions to State of the State mixed yet hopeful
By JIM WORKMAN The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a State of the State address unlike most others Wednesday night, Gov. Jim Justice laid out a plan he called “a real pathway” out of a budget shortage he described as a “24-carat dog mess” — yet also pointing to[Read More…]
Northern WV lawmakers react to Justice’s plans
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following Gov. Jim Justice’s State of the State address Wednesday evening, a number of local legislators offered their thoughts on his proposals. Delegate Barbara Evans Fleischauer, D-Monongalia “I think there was a lot that was charming or endearing.” It was more[Read More…]
Some Northern Panhandle lawmakers disappointed by proposals for increases in taxes
By JANET METZNER The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Tax and fee increases in Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed fiscal 2018 are disappointing according to some Northern Panhandle lawmakers. “He went the path of governors before him” by proposing tax increases, said Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio, regarding West Virginia’s new[Read More…]
Mid-Ohio Valley lawmakers have mixed reaction to Justice proposals
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Local lawmakers were surprised with Gov. Jim Justice’s first State of the State address in that it called for additional taxes and fees after he ran on a campaign to stop over taxation. Justice addressed both houses of the[Read More…]
‘Save Our State Budget’ includes $450M in fee, tax increases
By JANET METZNER The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Classroom teachers would receive a 2 percent pay raise, highway projects including Interstate 70 in Ohio County would be completed and motorists would pay 10 cents more per gallon of gasoline if Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed budget passes the Legislature. Titled[Read More…]
