Once again, West Virginia’s budget “surplus” is being used to justify a push to reduce or eliminate the state’s personal income tax. However, the state’s current surplus isn’t a sign that West Virginia’s economy is uncharacteristically strong or that tax revenues are greater than is needed for the state budget; rather, it has been driven […]
WSAZ – The COVID-19 pandemic forced government at all levels to take unprecedented action, and now as the pandemic wanes, officials have to consider ways to unwind those emergency actions. Read the full article. The West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy says one such move could leave children without health insurance whenever President Biden […]
When Anthony[1] was arrested in 2020, he sat at the police station for hours before a man came over the station telephone and told him, “We’re going to set your bond at $25,000 cash.” The man on the phone was a magistrate conducting Anthony’s “first appearance” hearing. At this hearing, a magistrate explains the criminal […]
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