By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Eliminating the tangible personal property tax is one of the top priorities in the West Virginia Legislature this year, according to legislators at the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead on Friday in Charleston. A tax on movable property like[Read More…]
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Legislative Lookahead: W.Va. lawmakers to focus on community college scholarships in 2018 session
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Bills to incentivize people to attend community and technical colleges will be up for discussion in the next legislative session. In Friday’s West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead, panelists discussed educational issues they expect to come up during the upcoming legislative[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: W.Va. Legislature likely to address teacher seniority issue during 2018 session
By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House Education Committee’s vice chairman expects a bill that would remove the statewide mandate that public school teachers with the least amount of seniority automatically lose their positions when job cuts are made in a particular teaching area[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: W.Va. lawmakers anticipate eliminating the business inventory tax to take center stage at session
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Eliminating the business inventory tax will take center stage in the upcoming legislative session, lawmakers said, but they do not anticipate changes to personal income or consumer sales tax to come up this time. Lawmakers from the House Committee on Finance[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Lawmakers to focus on ‘Onerous’ West Virginia inventory tax
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Finance leaders in the West Virginia Legislature told state media Friday there will be an emphasis on eliminating the state’s inventory tax this session. Tax and financial issues were among those addressed by panelists participating in the annual Legislative Lookahead sponsored[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: U.S. Senator Capito guarantees CHIP will be funded
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Children’s Health Insurance Program, or CHIP, will be funded, promised U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito on Friday during a stop at the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead in Charleston. Capito, R-W.Va., said she wishes the Senate would have[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Natural gas co-tenancy bill has good chance to pass, WV legislators say
By Max Garland The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.VA. — A bill with a co-tenancy provision, which would allow natural gas drilling to take place as long as a certain percentage of ownership approves even if other co-owners object, has a good chance of passing the 2018 legislative session after coming[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Free community college plan picks up steam in WV Legislature
By Jake Jarvis The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Legislature is likely to tackle a plan to make community college more affordable — perhaps going so far as to make it free for West Virginia students — agreed lawmakers participating in an education panel for the West Virginia Press[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Natural gas on radar for W.Va. legislative session
Co-tenancy a priority for legislators, industry By Evan Bevins The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With a massive reserve of natural gas underground, an anticipated $84 billion investment by a Chinese company and continued questions over how resources will be extracted, oil and natural gas will likely be[Read More…]
Legislative Lookahead: Charter schools not on the menu this W.Va. legislative session
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia legislators are putting the charter school debate back on the shelf for the upcoming session, Monongalia County Del. Joe Statler, vice chairman of Education, said Friday during the West Virginia Press Association’s Legislative Lookahead in Charleston. Statler said after[Read More…]
