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…]
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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…]
Senate to vote on school access to naloxone
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — When it comes to the question of substance abuse, West Virginians from the state’s deepest hollows all the way to its marble Capitol are looking for answers every day. With a vote on one bill Tuesday, Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, said he[Read More…]
Experts discuss potential for aerospace industry to take flight in NCWV
By BRITTANY MURRAY The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Workforce and education were the main topics of discussion among experts of the aerospace industry during a roundtable held with Gov. Jim Justice and Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher on Monday evening at Bombardier Aerospace. Officials from the West Virginia Aerospace[Read More…]
Justice meets with aerospace industry for roundtable discussion
By KELSIE LeROSE Times West Virginian BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — Members of West Virginia’s aerospace industry met with Gov. Jim Justice, Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher and State Senator Mike Romano Monday for a roundtable discussion on the industry’s recent economic impacts and opportunities for growth. Justice said he is tired[Read More…]
Subcommittee tweaks tax reform bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Senate Finance subcommittee tweaked the ever-morphing tax reform bill. And the Senate Select Committee on Tax Reform got its first look at the proposed Constitutional amendment resolution that accompanies the bill. The tax reform bill, SB 335, has grown from[Read More…]
House allows EMT, firefighters to carry firearms while on duty
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would allow non-police first responders to carry firearms, as long as they have proper training, has passed the West Virginia House of Delegates. The committee substitute for House Bill 2916 passed by a margin of 96-2. Del. Chad Lovejoy, D-Cabell,[Read More…]
