WV News - Experts say West Virginia’s oil and gas industry has failed to live up to economic expectations due to the falling price of natural gas, which has cut into the industry’s profits and under-delivered state tax revenues. Read full article. Although the state has experienced a sixfold increase in natural gas production in the…
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Charleston Gazette-Mail - With pipes from hundreds of water systems in the state continuing to crumble beneath residents’ feet as their expiration dates creep closer and closer, the West Virginia Senate is entertaining a bill — the first of its kind to be introduced in the Legislature — to try and tackle one of the…
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Boss Babes WV, WV Free, and the WV Center on Budget and Policy are partnering this week to host an Unequal Happy Hour to highlight the gender pay gap and to advocate for policies that would close the gap. The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb.7 at Sam's…
Parkersburg News and Sentinel - The executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy will discuss the economy in West Virginia at a meeting of the Wood County League of Women Voters 6 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Executive Conference Room on the second floor of the Parkersburg Municipal Building. Read full article.…
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - The administrator of a private religious school sponsored a bill that will let students use public dollars to pay to attend private religious schools. Read full article. The Senate Education chairwoman, who home-schools her five children, sponsored the bill as well, which critics say will taper funds away from cash-strapped public schools. At…
WV Metro News - The state House of Delegates approved its bill on Friday to exempt Social Security retirement benefits from state income tax and sent it to the Senate. Read full article. HB 2001 gives retirees age 65 and up, or taxpayers of any age permanently and totally disabled two options: exclude Social Security benefits…
Dominion Post - The House approved its bill on Friday to exempt Social Security retirement benefits from state income tax and sent it to the Senate. Read full article. HB 2001 gives retirees age 65 and up, or taxpayers of any age permanently and totally disabled two options: exclude Social Security benefits from taxation or exclude…
WV News - While West Virginia may be moving forward in developing medical cannabis and industrial hemp, the same cannot be said for recreational marijuana. Read. Last year’s session of the Legislature saw advancements regarding industrial hemp that could provide a new use for reclaimed mines, with former boxer and entrepreneur Mike Tyson looking to get…
WSAZ TV - Lawmakers in both Kentucky and West Virginia are considering bills that would make marijuana less of a crime. Watch/Read. In Kentucky, Senate Bill 136 would allow for medical marijuana and Senate Bill 82 would make the penalty for those caught with small amounts like a traffic ticket. In West Virginia, where medical marijuana…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - In a break from tough-on-crime thinking, the Legislature is moving a series of bills designed to keep ex-convicts out of jails, not reel more in. Read full article. From letting certain nonviolent offenders clear their records after years of good behavior, to allowing the dismissal of drug offenses after people complete drug court…