By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Billing himself as “mediator-in-chief,” West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice started meetings with members of the state House of Delegates and Senate on Thursday, May 25 in another attempt to reach agreement on a tax reform, revenue and budget plan. A second[Read More…]
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Senate and House members agree it’s time to take a break and adjourn until June 5
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates haven’t agreed on much in recent days, but Wednesday they concurred in adjourning their special session until June 5. The action came on a day that saw the Senate[Read More…]
Legislature takes second hiatus as July 1 shutdown looms
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the Senate and House of Delegates still seemingly miles apart on how to raise revenue to close a $260 million gap in the 2017-18 state budget, the Legislature agreed Wednesday to put the special session on a second hiatus — to[Read More…]
Justice to meet with Senate, House leadership to measure stances
Staff reports The Weirton Daily Times CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice will meet with the senate president, senate minority leader, speaker of the house, and the house minority leader in four separate rooms and travel from room to room as the mediator-in-chief today. Justice wanted to better understand the[Read More…]
Gulf in WV budget talks widens as special session continues
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a move more likely to intensify than resolve the 20-day-old legislative budget impasse, West Virginia Senate Republicans moved closer Tuesday to restoring their version of a revenue plan that cuts income taxes and severance taxes on coal while imposing an increase[Read More…]
Justice adds FY 2018 budget and other legislation to special session
By SARAH PLUMMER The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice introduced a 2018 budget bill and six pieces of legislation to the ongoing special session Tuesday. The budget bill has been greatly anticipated as the House and Senate modified and contemplated a revenue bill for the first eight days[Read More…]
Legislative movement expected soon on revenue, roads bills
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate’s committee on finance passed an amended version of a House of Delegates tax and revenue bill on Tuesday, May 23 that would raise the state sales tax from 6 percent to 7.25 percent and would[Read More…]
Governor reintroduces legislation to sell Hopemont
By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News & Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Governor Jim Justice announced that he is adding six pieces of legislation to the special session. One of the proposed pieces of legislation is a House of Delegates Bill reintroducing the sell Hopemont Hospital. The bill has been[Read More…]
Senate guts House revenue proposal
By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the West Virginia Senate on Monday made good on a promise by Senate President Mitch Carmichael to push legislation for proposed tax-and-revenue measures into a conference committee situation. The Senate Committee on Tax Reform advanced House Bill 107, the House of[Read More…]
Senate wants to set higher sales tax: Pitch of 7.25 percent tax made Monday
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Changes made to a tax reform bill by a West Virginia Senate committee Monday would increase the Mountain State’s sales tax to 7.25 percent, setting the stage for a probable conference committee with the House as lawmakers continue to[Read More…]
