Herald Mail Media - A legislative proposal to increase West Virginia's sales tax by as much as 2 percent on July 1 has been paired with a move to repeal the state personal-income tax beginning six months later. Read.
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Wheeling Intelligencer - A bill before West Virginia lawmakers would eliminate the state's income tax in favor of a "consumption" tax, and those operating businesses in the Northern Panhandle question what effect this might have on the economies in counties that border states with lower taxes. Read.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - Republican lawmakers began efforts this week to eliminate the state's personal income tax and replace it with a consumption tax. Read.
MetroNews - If there's anything Gov. Jim Justice and state Senate President Mitch Carmichael agree on, it's eliminating the state personal income tax. Read.
Dominion Post - The Senate Select Committee on Tax Reform heard two familiar songs Feb. 17 as it prepares to tackle what Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, considers the most important bill of the session. Read.
Associated Press, Huntington Herald-Dispatch, McClatchy DC Bureau - Throwing your litter our of your car window could mean two weeks of picking up roadside trash under legislation advancing in West Virginia. Read.
WOWK,WBOY,WVNS,WTRF - An organization that tracks how the state budget crisis affects you is the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. View.
Gazette-Mail - A plan being pushed by Gov. Jim Justice and some legislative leaders to replace the state's income tax with a higher sales tax would hurt low- and moderate-income families and would be a boon to rich West Virginians, according to a report released Wednesday. Read.
Exponent Telegram - As West Virginia lawmakers battle with plugging the bleeding state budget, the idea of an increase in sales tax is on the table. Read.
State Journal - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is threatened by possible reorganization brought on by the lobbying of special interest groups. Read.