Gazette-Mail - Editor: I want to thank Phil Kabler for some excellent, cut-to-the-core reporting during the past legislative session. Read.
WVCBP in the News
Beckley Register-Herald - The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday, 217-213, to eliminate many provisions of the Affordable Care Act, a move House Speaker Paul Ryan called "the beginning of the end of Obamacare." Read.
Fashion - I had only been in West Virginia for a day when Josh Sword, the head of the state AFL-CIO, told me casually that a revolution is coming. Read.
Associated Press, U.S. News & World Report, Washington Times, Bluefield Daily Telegraph- West Virginia's House voted Friday to reject Senate-passed legislation to cut state income taxes and raise sales and corporate income taxes, despite other changes meant to soften its opposition. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald, Bluefield Daily Telegram - The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday, 217-213, to eliminate many provisions of the Affordable Care Act, a move House Speaker Paul Ryan called, "The beginning of the end of Obamacare." Read.
Gazette-Mail - Gov. Jim Justice seems confident that a deal on the state budget is within reach, having told those attending a news conference, "I think we're on a pathway to pass a budget that's going to be really special." Read.
Gazette-Mail - Multiple citizen groups came together Thursday at the state Capitol Thursday to speak out against proposed changes to the West Virginia budget. Read.
Logan Banner - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy (WVCBP) is concerned about the current budget situation for the Mountain State. Read.
Gazette-Mail - All three of West Virginia's congressional representatives, all Republicans, voted to revise the Affordable Care Act, joining a narrow majority Thursday. Read.
Gazette-Mail - Gov. Jim Justice issued a special session call Wednesday afternoon, pulling West Virginia legislators into session at 11 a.m. today to address three major themes, including a revenue compromise worked out with Senate leadership that increases sales taxes but lowers income taxes. Read.