West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginia Second District Congressman Riley Moore says there will be additional reconciliation bills that will build off of the One Big Beautiful Bill that was signed into law by President Donald Trump on July 4. Read the full article. Moore, who supported the bill from the start, said the new…
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West Virginia News - Many West Virginia residents had been hoping for another decrease to their personal income tax this year, but state revenues have not grown enough to trigger a reduction, according to a law passed in 2023. Read the full article. Compared to last year, the state’s collected revenues actually declined over the…
West Virginia MetroNews - West Virginia’s state revenue collections concluded the fiscal year $254.8 million ahead of estimates, according to information distributed by the state Senate Finance Committee. Read the full article. State officials had anticipated bringing in $5.264 billion during the fiscal year that just concluded. Instead, the state recorded $5.519 billion — 105%…
WCHS, MSN - A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor and Statistics shows that in May of this year, 717,000 jobs were held within the state, but a year ago that number was more than 725,000. Read the full article. Executive director for the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy Kelly Allen said…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Between May 2024 and May 2025, West Virginia experienced the biggest decrease in non-farm employment in the United States, according to new data from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. Read the full article. In May 2024, roughly 726,400 full-time jobs were held within West Virginia, according to the employment figures…
WVVA - A recent study lists two local hospitals as being in danger of closure if a hotly debated federal spending bill passes. Read the full article. In May, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a reconciliation package also known as the “Big Beautiful Bill.” Researchers say if passed, this bill would cut funding for…
West Virginia MetroNews - Senator Shelley Moore Capito anticipates a vote on the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act” will be bumped after a parliamentarian ruled against key Medicaid provisions. Read the full article. In a determination about what aspects of the megabill would be subject to reconciliation — and therefore exempt from filibuster — the parliamentarian…
WCHS - Six protestors were charged with trespassing on Wednesday after holding a sit-in in Sen. Shelley Moore Capito's Charleston office. Read the full article. The protest aimed to show their concerns about the proposed cuts to SNAP and Medicaid in the Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill. Protestor Lyn May said she knows first hand how…
WOAY - Several organizations came together today to give people information about potential cuts to programs at the federal level. Read the full article. Facing Hunger Foodbank, the American Friends Service Committee, the West Virginia Food and Farm Coalition, and the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy held a meeting in Oceana at the…
WHSV - As West Virginians face possible cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, they are also being hit hard in the job market. Read the full article. An event Wednesday in Wyoming County addressed growing concern in the mountain state. Roughly 200 miners in Itmann will be losing their jobs this August, causing a crisis in…