The Morgan Messenger Berkeley Springs, W.Va. — Predictions of heavy snowfall on Monday evening proved correct as roughly 10 inches of snow collected across most of Morgan County by the time the sun came up on Tuesday, March 14. Morgan County Schools had already announced Tuesday’s school closures before the snow began to fall[Read More…]
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10 things to know: Wednesday, March 15
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. WHAT TRUMP PAID IN TAXES IN 2005 The U.S. president earned $153 million and[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Wednesday, March 15
W.Va. Legislative Committee Meeting Schedule – Subject to change Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm SENATE: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. THIRD READING Eng. SB 28: Creating new system for certain contiguous counties to establish[Read More…]
Senate Health and Human Resources Committee considers future of Health Care Authority
By Lexi Browning For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Proposed legislation that could repeal the Health Care Authority and the Certificate of Need (CON) programs sparked a debate Tuesday in the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee. The legislation – SB 457 – is sponsored by Majority[Read More…]
Media Alert: Higher Education Day at the Capitol
State’s higher education community to join forces for event CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Representatives of higher education institutions from across the state will come together on Wednesday, March 15, for Higher Education Day at the Capitol, an annual event held to recognize West Virginia’s colleges and universities and highlight the far-reaching postsecondary[Read More…]
Legislature unveils budget plan for ‘living within our means’
By EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Republican legislative leaders on Monday unveiled a budget framework that limits state spending to the projected $4.055 billion in general revenue for the upcoming fiscal year. Describing the plan in a press conference that filled the Senate Reception Room[Read More…]
West Virginia legislators respond to GOP budget proposal
By JOCELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING — Local greyhound breeders would again feel the bite under a proposal to stop runaway state spending in West Virginia, according to the proposal Republican lawmakers unveiled Monday in Charleston. GOP leaders in the West Virginia Legislature announced their plans on[Read More…]
Wood County legislators react to state budget proposal
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A $4.05 billion budget from the Republican leadership Monday has more support from Wood County legislators than for the governor’s budget. The budget proposal unveiled Monday from House Speaker Tim Armstead and Senate President Mitch Carmichael has a better[Read More…]
GOP leaders: Hold the line on spending
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The public negotiations over how to balance the Mountain State’s budget began Monday when leaders from both chambers of the Republican-held West Virginia Legislature made their first counteroffer to Democratic Gov. Jim Justice’s two $4.5 billion proposals. To offset a projected nearly $500[Read More…]
Senate committee advances income tax bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After making additional changes over the weekend, a Senate committee advanced a bill Monday that would decrease personal income tax and create a consumption tax. The Senate Select Committee on Tax Reform made a few changes SB 335 in their Saturday meeting, then[Read More…]
