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.
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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.
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Children of all ages from across West Virginia gathered at the Capitol yesterday for the Our Children, Our Future campaign's fourth 'Kids and Families Day.' Read.
Wheeling Intelligencer - West Virginia needs to reinvigorate our economy, Gov. Jim Justice believes. He outlined some of his ideas for doing so Wednesday, during his State of the State speech. Read.