Associated Press, US News, CBS News, WDTV - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a $4.87 billion budget Friday for the next fiscal year along with bills giving pay raises to public employees and making changes to their insurance program. Read the full article. The relatively flat budget compared with past years includes 34 items…
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Charleston Gazette-Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch - The state budget, a pay raise for government employees and a fix for the Public Employees Insurance Agency were among four bills signed into law Friday by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. Read the full article. The budget presented in House Bill 2024 totals $4.874 billion and includes 34 surplus appropriations, Justice…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice’s administration announced that state tax tables have been adjusted to reflect passage of a 21.25 percent personal income tax cut, and employers can begin to adjust what is withheld from workers’ paychecks. Read the full article. “At my direction, our Tax Department wasted no time making these revisions,…
Beckley Register-Herald, Fayette Tribune - The state health department will soon be required to assess if more than 600,000 Medicaid users — more than a third of the state’s population — are still eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. Read the full article. The undertaking comes as the department, which is facing mounting criticism…
Mountain State Spotlight - When COVID first upended West Virginia in spring 2020, the federal government took steps to make sure people had access to the food and health insurance they needed. In some cases, benefits increased. In others, like Medicaid, state officials were allowed to temporarily stop checking eligibility requirements. Since then, the insurance…
West Virginia MetroNews - House Finance Chairman Vernon Criss says the budget passed during the most recent legislative session achieves a balance. Read the full article. On Day 59 of the regular legislative session, the House of Delegates completed work on a $4.87 billion general revenue budget that includes provisions for pay raises and tax…
Mountain State Spotlight, Beckley Register-Herald - West Virginia’s historic Republican supermajority came into the 2023 session with the power to pass any bill they wanted, and bold plans to tackle some of the state’s most ambitious issues. Read the full article. “Everybody’s always excited and optimistic about everything that goes on on day one,” Senate…
WOWK - Our Future West Virginia will have a free, public Medicaid forum on the West Side of Charleston, West Virginia, in March. Read the full article. The organization says the COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Coverage program will soon end, leaving many West Virginians without Medicaid coverage. The forum will help teach the community about important…
West Virginia MetroNews - The House of Delegates completed work on a $4.87 billion general revenue budget that includes provisions for pay raises and tax cuts. Read the full article. The budget bill passed the House on a 91-6 vote. That means the budget bill, HB2024, has again passed before the conclusion of the 60-day session,…
Beckley Register-Herald - The state health department will soon be required to assess if more than 600,000 Medicaid users – more than a third of the state’s population – are still eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. Read the full article. The undertaking comes as the department, which is facing mounting criticism for its…