West Virginia MetroNews, Toys Matrix - Proposals to cut West Virginia’s personal income tax dominated last year’s regular legislative session, but no one could exactly agree on how to structure the cut. Read the full article. House Finance Chairman Eric Householder, R-Berkeley, is giving the income tax cut another try. He is the lead sponsor…
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WOWK TV - On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, co-hosts Mark Curtis and Amanda Barren talk to people about infrastructure, Justice Stephen Breyer’s retirement, the annual Budget Breakfast, and Girl Scout cookies. Watch the full segment. In Segment One, Mark Curtis sits down with Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) to talk about the $6 billion that is coming to West Virginia.…
Beckley Register-Herald - It is simply laughable that Gov. Jim Justice, at every turn, criticizes President Joe Biden and his administration for everything unrelated to the state of affairs in West Virginia – from “open borders” with Mexico to our nation’s exit from the war in Afghanistan – while taking full credit for an economic…
Earlier this month, Governor Justice released his FY 2023 budget proposal. Once again, the governor is proposing a relatively "flat" budget with few changes from the previous year. However, like with the FY 2022 budget, low revenue estimates and a lack of a six-year plan are complicating the budget picture, preventing investments in the state's…
Farm and Dairy - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice recently announced a proposed state budget for fiscal year 2023. Read the full article. The overall budget is essentially flat, staying consistent in investments in food, agriculture, natural resources and infrastructure, with just a 1.4% increase from last year’s budget to just over $4.6 billion. Most of that…
Market Watch - West Virginia taxpayers will pay $1.7 billion to attract a profitable steel company to a corner of the state where workers from Ohio and Kentucky may also be employed, thanks to what some observers call a hurried deal struck in a special session of the legislature in January. Read the full article.…
WCHS TV - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy hosted its annual Budget Breakfast on Friday. Watch the full segment. It marks the ninth time the breakfast has been held. Organizers conduct the event during the legislative session each year. The event provides a chance for lawmakers to analyze the governor's proposed budget…
WOWK TV - Sometimes the best way to exchange ideas is to break bread with others. That’s what happened at Friday’s annual “Budget Breakfast” from the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Watch the full segment. A lot of people are focused on the state’s budget surplus, which may balloon to $700. Democrats say…
At our 2022 Budget Breakfast on January 21, WVCBP senior policy analyst Sean O’Leary provided analysis of the Governor’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023. You can download Sean’s budget analysis PowerPoint presentation here. You can watch the full Budget Breakfast recording here.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia is one of many states set to use revenue surpluses brought by federal relief money for tax cuts. Read the full article. After lawmakers last week near-unanimously approved $350 million in subsidies for the Mason County Nucor steel recycling plant project and further capital improvements, Democrats on Tuesday announced that…