DAVID BEARD TheDPost.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monday, Aug. 31, was sales tax day for the Joint Select Committee on Tax Reform. Members learned that there are more than 72 types of sales exempted from the tax. Some of those may be reconsidered, committee leaders said. It can often boil down[Read More…]
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Inter-state sales could boost state revenues
By Pamela Pritt REGISTER-HERALD REPORTER CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia could get more than $100 million in extra revenue if state residents who purchase goods via the Internet were subject to sales tax, according to a study done by the University of Tennessee. The school did the study for the Streamlined[Read More…]
Dr. Gee proposes moving WVU Tech campus to Beckley in fall 2017
By Cheryl Keenan FOR THE REGISTER-HERALD MONTGOMERY, W.Va. — WVU President Dr. E. Gordon Gee will recommend today to the WVU Board of Governors that the university close the WVU Institute of Technology campus in Montgomery in two years, moving it to Beckley. Meeting with WVU Tech faculty and staff[Read More…]
Bank robber dead after shootout with police
By SAMANTHA PERRY Bluefield Daily Telegraph BLUE FIELD, W.Va. — A man who attempted to rob two downtown Bluefield banks Tuesday morning is dead after a gunfight with police. Bluefield Police Chief Dennis Dillow said the suspect first attempted to rob First Century Bank on Bland Street where he left[Read More…]
News-Register Column: Flat land and economic growth
By Mike Myer The News-Register State Secretary of Commerce Keith Burdette told legislators last month the big reason businesses don’t come here isn’t taxes, regulations or lack of an educated workforce. It’s the dearth of flat land in the Mountain State. Really, that’s no surprise. Why try to construct a[Read More…]
Qualified lending customers a rare find in West Virginia
By John McVey The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Local banks that are members of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh would make home loans to low-income families if they could find low-income families who could afford a home. “That’s the challenge – we have a limited area in which[Read More…]
Activist works to make changes for civil rights
By Jenni Vincent The Journal CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — A self-proclaimed activist, Pauline Mejia is no stranger to spending lots of time – both professional and personal-working on behalf of others, including migrant workers, homeless individuals and heroin addicts. And as a member of the West Virginia Advisory Committee to[Read More…]
The Associated Press shares 10 things you need to know Sept. 1
Dorothy Abernathy, The Associated Press’s business development specialist for West Virginia, shares the 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers: 1. POPE SAYS PRIESTS IN HOLY YEAR CAN ABSOLVE ‘SIN OF ABORTION’ Francis[Read More…]
Manchin to host town hall event on the Iran Deal
He will also deliver remarks at the West Virginia Business Summit and participate in a roundtable discussion in Preston County Washington, D.C. – This week, U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) will travel around West Virginia and meet with local residents, community and business leaders and state and local officials to[Read More…]
Capito announces events in West Virginia this week
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) will participate in several events throughout West Virginia this week. On Tuesday, she will visit Southern West Virginia to meet with business leaders and others to discuss economic development and improving broadband access in those regions. On Wednesday, Senator Capito will join Google[Read More…]
