State Journal, Exponent Telegram - West Virginia's budget impasse continued on Wednesday, May 17, with the West Virginia Senate and House of Delegates advancing disparate legislation but with the House declining to suspend legislative rules to quickly vote on a revenue bill passed by the Senate on Tuesday. Read.
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Charleston Gazette-Mail - Republicans generally try to slash the graduated income tax, because upper brackets of the tax fall mostly on the rich. Read.
Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report - A research group that examines how government policies affect low-income Americans says the latest proposal to replace the Affordable Care Act will particularly hurt rural communities including those in West Virginia. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - Under the Republican health care plan, tens of millions of people are expected to lose access to coverage. Read.
State Journal - After haggling all day over the details, members of the West Virginia Senate on Tuesday, May 16 passed a tax reform and revenue bill that is expected to be rejected or highly amended by the state House of Delegates. Read.
The News Center - An analyst with the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy answers the question why is West Virginia so poor? Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - As the Legislature starts back Monday in its special session, up for discussion will be lowering the personal income tax, broadening the base of the sales tax or a combination of the two. Read.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Affordable health care is essential not only for the health of the people of West Virginia but to maintain the steady rise of the fastest growing, highest paying jobs in the state, assure financial stability and grow the economy of the state. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Sumer Cave's mother lost the ability to speak before she died. Read.
CNN - Journalism, already under attack by the Trump administration, became a literal target in West Virginia when on Tuesday, a reporter named Dan Heyman of Public News Service was arrested at the state Capitol while trying to ask a pointed question of Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price, who was visiting with White House adviser Kellyanne Conway --…