The real-life consequences of repeatedly enacting flat state budgets are becoming clear across West Virginia in the form of state agency staffing shortages. Just this month, West Virginia Education Association (WVEA) officials warned of record teacher vacancies in the state’s public schools, and Governor Justice declared a state of emergency in the state’s correctional facilities…
Tax and Budget
The Dominion Post - Republican state Senators are hopeful that voters will approve Amendment 2 in November and set the Senate GOP tax reduction plan in motion. Read the full article. Four proposed amendments to the state Constitution will be on the ballot. Amendment 2 is called the Property Tax Modernization Amendment. Its official summary…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The West Virginia Legislature’s special session (temporarily) ended last month after the two chambers and the governor failed to agree on which tax cut was the best to prioritize with the state’s historic — and notably fleeting — surplus money. Read the full op-ed. While there was much debate during the session,…
Overview Read the full fact sheet. The West Virginia State Senate recently released an outline of a plan to eliminate business personal property taxes and use state revenues to reimburse counties, schools, and municipalities for the hundreds of millions of dollars in property tax revenue that would be lost if Amendment Two or the “Property…
For Immediate Release: August 4, 2022 Contact: Renee Alves, 559-916-5939 Charleston, WV – Amendment Two, or the Property Tax Modernization Amendment, will be on the ballot this November for West Virginia voters to consider. If passed, it would amend the constitution to give the state legislature the authority to exempt business machinery and equipment, business inventory, and personal…
Overview This fall, West Virginians will vote on amending the state’s constitution to take property taxing authority away from local communities and give increased power to the state legislature, which is expected to pursue a major tax cut for mostly out-of-state businesses if the amendment passes. Read the full issue brief. Amendment Two, or the…
AP, US News, Midland Reporter-Telegram, WV News - The West Virginia House of Delegates on Thursday passed the Republican governor’s plan to reduce the state income tax by 10%, setting up a clash in the Senate, whose president is cold to the idea. Read the full article. The GOP-controlled House supported the bill on a…
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.…
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…