By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Senate Judiciary Committee looked over a bill Monday that would increase campaign donation limits in West Virginia elections and decrease some disclosure requirements. The committee reviewed Senate Bill 539, a lengthy measure that revises election finance laws down to the smallest nuts[Read More…]

By JIM ROSS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice says the state’s previous campaign at promoting tourism have been “an absolute waste of effort.” He wants to increase the state’s tourism budget. Chelsea Ruby, commissioner of the Division of Tourism, says too few people have seen ads[Read More…]

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to substantially change West Virginia’s tax system continues to move forward in the Senate, despite concerns that it could hurt lower- and middle-class families and state retailers. A Senate finance subcommittee on Monday advanced the Tax Reform Act (SB 335), which[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill that would decrease the personal income tax and increase consumption tax advanced out of a Senate subcommittee Monday. Senate Bill 335 would lower personal income tax to 2.5 percent and would start to phase it out in 2023, expiring completely[Read More…]

By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va.  — A bill that would sell the assets of the Jackie Withrow Hospital in Beckley now heads to the House floor. The House Committee on Finance passed the committee substitute for House Bill 2366 in its Monday meeting. Under the new version, the[Read More…]

By ERIN BECK Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following a public hearing Monday, during which sexual abuse survivors spoke against the bill, the West Virginia House of Delegates Committee on the Judiciary sent legislation that would place new restrictions on adolescent abortions to a subcommittee for further review.  More than[Read More…]

By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia spoke out Monday against a bill that would restrict access to abortion services for young women. House Bill 2002, which eliminates a doctor’s ability to bypass parental involvement in a minor’s decision to terminate[Read More…]

By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Judiciary Committee of the West Virginia House of Delegates has sent an abortion bill to a subcommittee for more work before recommending it to the full House for passage. House Bill 2002 would further restrict existing state law, which requires[Read More…]

By LACIE PIERSON The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. —  When it comes to the question of substance abuse, West Virginians from the state’s deepest hollows all the way to its marble Capitol are looking for answers every day. With a vote on one bill Tuesday, Sen. Ron Stollings, D-Boone, said he[Read More…]

By BRITTANY MURRAY The Exponent Telegram BRIDGEPORT, W.Va.  — Workforce and education were the main topics of discussion among experts of the aerospace industry during a roundtable held with Gov. Jim Justice and Secretary of Commerce Woody Thrasher on Monday evening at Bombardier Aerospace. Officials from the West Virginia Aerospace[Read More…]