WOWK - On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, we talk about Gov. Justice’s income tax cut proposal, goals for the West Virginia Democratic Party and the Charleston Police Department. Listen to the full segment. In Segments One and Two, Mark Curtis talks to two people about Gov. Justice’s income tax cut proposal.…
Tax and Budget
West Virginia MetroNews - Just ahead of a special session to consider cutting personal income taxes, Gov. Jim Justice says he met with senators to try to persuade them. Read the full article. The special session is supposed to start at noon Monday, but it’s entirely unclear whether the Republican governor and the Senate’s Republican…
Times West Virginian - Here we go again. Read the full article. West Virginia legislators are being beckoned to Charleston for a special session, this time to pass a bill that would lower the state income tax by 10% with the long-term goal of total elimination of the income tax. Now, we fully support putting…
WCHS - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has called a special session of the Legislature for Monday at noon. The governor wants senators and delegates to consider his plan to cut the state's personal income tax by 10%. Read the full article. For quite some time, Justice has been promoting cutting or eliminating the state's…
This week, Governor Justice called for a special session to consider yet another attempt to cut the state's income tax. Like previous failed attempts over the past few years, this latest plan would lead to major revenue losses for the state, while giving most of the tax cut to wealthy West Virginians. The personal income…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - A proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot this November will give the West Virginia Legislature authority to remove or reduce a variety of county level property taxes. Read the full article. West Virginia Public Broadcasting previewed the ballot measure, looking at concerns on how passage would affect the state economy,…
AP, US News, Shelton Herald, Weirton Daily Times, - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice called on state lawmakers Wednesday to meet at the Capitol next week to consider a permanent 10% reduction in the state’s income tax. Read the full article. “Once we get the ball rolling, we can keep coming back and chipping away at our…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice issued a call for a legislative special session to begin at noon Monday, proposing cuts to personal income taxes. Read the full article. The governor’s call also included more specific information about changes to brackets, reflecting the governor’s desire to give lower wage earners a somewhat larger break…
Mountain State Spotlight - Days after the end of the fiscal year on July 1 showed West Virginia’s revenues well above official estimates, Gov. Jim Justice faced a camera in his Capitol office and announced his plans to keep West Virginia on the economic “rocket ship ride” he’s long promised: a 10% income tax cut.…
West Virginia ended Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 with revenues coming in at $1.3 billion above estimates. And while that surplus is largely a mirage built on low revenue estimates, unexpectedly high energy prices, and unprecedented amounts of federal aid and budget support, it does present an opportunity to make much-needed investments in the people of…