MetroNews - A bill representing a compromise budget between Gov. Jim Justice and state Senate leadership would raise revenue up to $50 million for the coming fiscal year but cut revenue by $170 million each of the following two years, an analysis says. Read.
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USA TODAY - President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are promising one of the biggest tax cuts since the days of Ronald Reagan. Read.
Center for Public Integrity, Yahoo News - A group of conservative think tanks want the nation's tax system to look more like North Carolina's. Read.
WV Metro News - Senate Finance Chairman Mike Hall says the simplest path to a state budget agreement might be the best path. That doesn't necessarily mean enough lawmakers agree with Hall to make it happen. "I think I'm in the significant minority in terms of what I think ought to be done," Hall, R-Putnam,…
State Journal, Exponent Telegram - A proposed budget compromise that is currently being considered might combine key aspects of Democratic Gov. Jim Justice's revenue framework and tax reform proposals favored by Republicans in the Legislature. Read.
Gazette-Mail - It is not just for West Virginia to cut $300 million a year in taxes paid by businesses, many of them out-of-state interests, and then turn around and balance the budget on the backs of all the people living here, in the form of higher income taxes, sales taxes and fees. Read.
Joplin Globe - When you drive across a bridge, send your child to a public school or enter a public building, you have faith that the structures won't collapse. Read.
State Journal - The West Virginia Candidate Training Academy – a coalition led by the Our Children, Our Future Campaign and the West Virginia Women's Commission – is sponsoring a series of classes around the state aimed at teaching everyday citizens what they need to know to run for public office. Read.
Bloomberg Business News - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (D) vetoed the Legislature's budget bill April 13, calling it "bull-you-know-what" as he unveiled what appeared to be a pile of cow dung on a plate. Read.
Public News Service - At the last moment, the State Legislature passed a budget with deep cuts to to Medicaid and to K-12 and higher education. Now community groups are saying the voices of West Virginians are going to be vital to resolving the state's budget standoff. Read.