By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — A bill changing the tax system in West Virginia has its skeptics. Senate Bill 335 would eliminate the 6 percent sales tax and replace it with an 8 percent general consumption tax, including food, lower the income tax rate[Read More…]
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Three income tax measures going through House and Senate
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three measures that would lower or eliminate the personal income tax are working their way through the House and the Senate. And with a little less than three weeks before bills need to be on the floor, lawmakers hope they can get[Read More…]
Lawmakers introduce bills to downsize DOE bureaucracy, hike teachers’ pay
By CHARLES BOOTH Bluefield Daily Telegraph CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two education-related bills may not advance very far this year, but their sponsors say the push will continue to pass them. Delegate Marty Gearheart, R-Mercer, introduced, along with three other delegates, a bill to downsize administrative positions in the state Department[Read More…]
New legislation targets Hopemont Hospital for permanent closure, Smith: ‘I’m not one for a filibuster, but I’m going to fight this bill with everything I have’
By THERESA MARTHEY The Preston County News & Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — “It was a surprise to me,” Del. Tony Lewis, R-Preston, said in reference to the introduction of House Bill 3102 out of the Health and Human Resources Committee that calls for selling Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta. The[Read More…]
Lawmakers, others debate the pros, cons of Constitutional Convention
By RUSTY MARKS The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — On Feb. 10, the West Virginia Senate split along party lines to vote in favor of Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, a resolution calling for states to request a constitutional convention under Article V of the United States Constitution. The text of the two-page[Read More…]
Delegates seek feasibility study for lake development
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Two southern West Virginia delegates have introduced a bill seeking to study the possibility of lake development in the southern part of the state. Delegates Ed Evans, D-McDowell, and Mick Bates, D-Raleigh, introduced House Bill 2953 Monday. It’s goal is to revitalize[Read More…]
10 things to know: Monday, March 20
Dorothy Abernathy, regional media director of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Monday, March 20, 2017. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. SENATE HEARINGS SET FOR SUPREME COURT PICK Thirteen months after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death created[Read More…]
Around the Rotunda: Legislative, Committee Schedule for Monday, March 20
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: Monday, March 20, 2017 REVIEW BILLS INTRODUCED The Senate will convene at 11 a.m. RESOLUTIONS SR 42: Designating March 20, 2017, as International Pageant Day SR[Read More…]
Three income tax measures going through House and Senate
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Three measures that would lower or eliminate the personal income tax are working their way through the House and the Senate. And with a little less than three weeks before bills need to be on the floor, lawmakers hope they can[Read More…]
State lawmakers propose stringent voter ID law
By DANYEL VANREENEN The Journal of Martinsburg CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia lawmakers are proposing a bill to create a stricter voter identification law in the state. The bill will accomplish a number of things, according to a note at the foot of the proposal. “The purpose of this bill[Read More…]
