Charleston Gazette-Mail - Gov. Jim Justice said it's proof that the "tides are turning" in West Virginia. Commerce Secretary Woody Thrasher called it "unprecedented." Rep. David McKinley said it will "spur tremendous economic growth in our communities." Read.
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HuntingtonNews.Net - On Monday, Nov. 13, speakers and panelists will gather on Marshall University's Huntington campus to talk about challenges African Americans in the Mountain State have faced in the past and continue to encounter. Read.
Morgantown Dominion Post - The executive director of the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy headlined a panel discussion Nov. 7 at Valley HealthCare aimed at rallying opposition to federal and state tax reform proposals. Read.
Williamson Daily News - For over 100 years West Virginia has exported its timber, coal and electricity to drive the U.S. economy with low cost energy and natural resources. Read.
Bloomberg - CSX Transportation is an interstate railroad operator, which is incorporated in Virginia with headquarters in Florida, that operates railways that move through and stop in West Virginia. Read.
Salon - Despite President Donald Trump's brags, it's not a good time to be a coal miner. Read.
State Journal - Whether the Republican tax reform plan currently under discussion in the U.S. House of Representatives is good or bad for the people of West Virginia depends on whom you ask. Read.
MetroNews - Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives unveiled its tax overhaul bill Thursday, which includes decreasing the number of personal income tax brackets, cutting the corporate tax rate and the eventual elimination of the estate tax. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - West Virginia residents who apply for welfare now are subject to a drug screening, state health officials announced Monday. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - Cleaning out some notepads...Lost amidst interim meetings and the special session, the Tax Foundation, a right-leaning, pro-business organization, put out its annual Business Tax Climate Index, ranking West Virginia as having the 19th best tax climate. Read.