Charleston Gazette-Mail - Gov. Patrick Morrisey often preaches what he calls “the fundamentals.” Read the full article. At a Charleston news conference Monday in which he proposed another personal income tax cut, a move expected to favor higher-income taxpayers, Morrisey defined “the fundamentals” as including cutting taxes and “inefficient” spending, plus “moving faster and faster.”…
Tax and Budget
For Immediate Release: January 8, 2026 Contact: Kenny Matthews, (304)-545-3953 CHARLESTON, WV — The West Virginia Criminal Law Reform Coalition is holding a press conference in the Little Rotunda East (off the California Street side of West Virginia State Capitol) at 10am on Monday, January 12 to underscore the ongoing crisis in our jails, the ineffectiveness of enhanced penalties, and the solutions…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - In West Virginia and across the country, families are facing an affordability crisis, one where the costs of life’s necessities are rising faster than wages. This is impacting many households’ ability to create a better, or even similar, life to the one their parents had. Read the full op-ed. There are many…
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Gov. Patrick Morrisey on Monday detailed his plan to reduce the state’s income tax by assigning more specific percentages to his proposed reductions. Read the full article. “We’re going to work closely with the legislature on these numbers, but we’re looking at at least a 5-10% [reduction],” Morrisey said during a news…
Martinsburg Journal-News - With personal income tax cuts going into effect for 2026 in neighboring Kentucky and Ohio, Gov. Patrick Morrisey wants to move faster than West Virginia’s current glidepath for reducing personal income tax rates during the legislative session starting next week. Read the full article. During his first press conference of the new…
West Virginia News - Gov. Patrick Morrisey’s intention to pursue a 5 to 10 percent cut in West Virginia’s personal income tax rates in the upcoming legislative session has set the stage for a high-stakes fiscal debate. Building on a series of previous tax reductions, the move is championed as a necessary step to boost…
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - The League of Women Voters of West Virginia will co-host a public webinar with the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7. Read the full article. "Real People Casting Personal Votes to Make Real Impact,” a free webinar, will feature a speaker from West Virginia’s Center on Budget…
West Virginia Watch, News From the States - Gov. Patrick Morrisey wants to accelerate cuts to the state’s personal income tax, and he’ll ask lawmakers to get behind the idea during the upcoming legislative session. Read the full article. “I wanted to make clear that one of our top priorities during the session will be…
West Virginia Watch - As the 2026 West Virginia legislative session nears, the West Virginia Watch team is gearing up to keep you informed over the 60-day law-making process. Read the full article. We’ll be watching everything from health care reforms and support for the state’s foster children to economic development plans and policies that…
The Hope Scholarship is a school voucher program that diverts taxpayer funds from public education and other public goods to cover the costs of private schooling and other non-public education options. The program is expected to cost West Virginia about $245 million in Fiscal Year 2027. When the program began in 2022, about $9 million…