WV Press Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are the totals from the West Virginia Health and Human Resources website as of 10 a.m. on Wednesday, March 31. West Virginia Cases Total Positive Cases – 141,738 Current Active Cases – 6,278 Total Lab Results reported – 2,447,894 Cumulative positive test percentage -5.26[Read More…]
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House passes tax valuation bills estimated to cost West Virginia school boards and county commissions millions of dollars
By Mike Tony, Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates passed two industry-friendly tax valuation reform bills Tuesday by wide margins. The bills, regarding natural resources, raised concern among some lawmakers who said state tax projections estimate that they would cost counties, and school boards in[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate beefs up income tax cut plan
By Phil Kabler, HD Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A day after the West Virginia House of Delegates passed its version of a bill to phase out personal income taxes in the state, the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday introduced an amendment to House Bill 3300 to make it a tax[Read More…]
Bill to give counties 1 percent sales and use tax up in West Virginia Senate
By Charles Boothe, Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would give counties the authority to impose a 1 percent sales and use tax is scheduled for a third and final reading in the Senate today, the last day in this session to pass legislation. Today is “crossover”[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate Finance unveils third income tax elimination plan, sends it to Senate floor in squeaker vote
By David Beard, The Dominion Post MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Senate Finance took up and barely passed the third and newest version of the income tax reduction plan. The committee approved what’s called a strike and insert for HB 3300 – meaning it replaced the House bill with its own. It has[Read More…]
West Virginia House of Delegates rules in favor of intermediate appeals court
By Steven Allen Adams, The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Several attempts by the West Virginia Senate to create a new intermediate court of appeals have died in the House of Delegates over the years, but House Republicans finally passed a bill Tuesday to create the new court. Senate Bill 275[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes Senate Bill 715, Eastern Panhandle representatives hopeful for continued recovery support
By Breanna Francis, The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — With the unanimous passage of a West Virginia Senate bill aimed at creating a state-level Recovery and Hope Office Tuesday, representatives from the Eastern Panhandle said they are hopeful for the future of substance use disorder recovery as the state works to[Read More…]
U.S. Rep. McKinley: Biden’s energy proposals unrealistic
By Craig Howell, The Weirton Daily Times WEIRTON, W.Va. — While acknowledging renewable energy sources should have a seat at table, U.S. Rep. David McKinley says the goals set by the Biden administration on fossil fuels reductions are unrealistic. McKinley, R-W.Va., was in Weirton Monday, meeting with local officials to[Read More…]
U.S. Sen. Capito: Infrastructure bill will include electric-powered vehicles
By Jess Mancini, The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The next national transportation bill will address the infrastructure for electric-powered vehicles, a senator from West Virginia said Tuesday. More companies are going to produce such cars and trucks and ultimately move away from internal combustion, according to U.S.[Read More…]
Analabs weathers highs, lows of West Virginia coal industry, pivots to medical cannabis, hemp, other analytical testing to grow
BECKLEY, W.Va. – Persistence pays. No one knows that better than Kelli Harrison, vice president of Analabs, Inc., an analytic laboratory testing company in Crab Orchard. Analabs, named Small Business of 2020 by the West Virginia Hive Network, just landed a statewide medical cannabis testing permit and Harrison is starting[Read More…]
