By DANYEL VANREENAN The Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers have said the state budget is the top priority of this Legislative session. In response, the House finance committee has expressed its ambitious plans for pushing for a solution. Delegate Eric Householder, R-Berkeley, is the vice chair of the Finance Committee.[Read More…]
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Panel hears requests for I-68 extension
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lobbyists came before a Senate subcommittee Feb. 20 to suggest some tweaks to a bill aimed, initially, at extending I-68 from Morgantown to Marshall County. SB 210 brings back the County Local Powers Act. If passed, any county with significant development[Read More…]
Incentives sought for West Virginia graduation rates
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Educators at institutions of higher learning once told incoming freshmen at their orientation to look to the person standing to the left of them — then to look at the person standing to their right. “Of the three of[Read More…]
Attorney proposes income tax elimination
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Backed by experience and credentials, a local tax attorney is trying to change the way West Virginia collects taxes. By proposing to eliminate income taxes and replace it with a broader consumption tax, Michael Caryl wants to revolutionize the state tax system.[Read More…]
Bills introduced on Feb. 20
The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Here are some bills, and one resolution, introduced on Feb. 20. Local lead sponsors and co-sponsors are noted. HB 2002, to require parental notification of abortions performed on unemancipated minors. Delegate Cindy Frich, R-Monongalia, co-sponsor. HB 2003, to create a new felony where a[Read More…]
10 things to know today: Tuesday, Feb. 21
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. TRUMP NAMES A NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER TO REPLACE OUSTED MICHAEL FLYNN The new[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Tuesday, Feb. 21
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: Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. On the agenda: THIRD READING Eng. Com. Sub. for SB 134: Authorizing[Read More…]
Gov. Justice begins SOS tour addressing the need to finish King Coal Highway, Coalfield Expressway
By CHARLIE BOOTHE Bluefield Daily Telegraph SOPHIA, W.Va. — If Governor Jim Justice has his way, Bluefield’s infamous “bridge to nowhere,” a section of the long-delayed King Coal Highway, may soon go somewhere. That was one of the road projects he discussed Sunday afternoon at the beginning of his SOS (Save[Read More…]
SOS Tour: Justice outlines grim future if budget doesn’t pass
By DANIEL TYSON The Register-Herald BECKLEY, W.Va. — During his inaugural Save Our State stop Sunday on the Coalfields Expressway in Slab Fork, Gov. Jim Justice outlined a grim future for West Virginia if his budget proposal, which includes tax increases, isn’t passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Standing at the[Read More…]
SOS Tour: Justice launches Save Our State Tour in Raleigh County
By ALI SCHMITZ Charleston Gazette-Mail SLAB FORK, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice touted raising taxes Sunday at the launch of his statewide Save Our State Tour at the Coalfields Expressway roads project in Raleigh County. More than 200 people attended the event. Justice, who said during his campaign he would not raise[Read More…]