The Register Herald Because it was such an unabashed political stunt coming at a time when its author is running for higher political office, it is fair to ask if Gov. Jim Justice’s campaign will be paying the $600,000 cost associated with sending 54 members of the state’s National Guard to support Operation Lone Star,…
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Mountain State Spotlight As students return to campus, painful cuts to degree programs and faculty positions at West Virginia University are on the horizon as administrators work to fix a $45 million budget deficit. Based on enrollment trends and revenue, administrators proposed cuts to dozens of programs, including eliminating some bachelor’s and advanced degrees, merging other programs…
The Journal July’s tax collections continued a concerning trend of declining revenues, even before the WV legislature’s 2023 tax cut package has been fully implemented. July’s collections came in $46 million below the previous July’s revenues, creating significant concerns about the current and future availability of revenue to pay for a myriad of needs and…
Charleston Gazette Mail West Virginia’s July revenue numbers barely exceeded estimates and came in below actual collections for the same month last year. According to a release from the office of Gov. Jim Justice, the state provided a historic tax cut in 2023 and revenue numbers still came in above estimates, with personal income tax…
West Virginia Watch Dropping West Virginia’s 6% sales tax on certain clothing and school supplies over four days this weekend will cost the state an estimated $4.5 million in revenue, according to the West Virginia Tax Division. The state’s current sales tax holiday program started in 2021 and complements the West Virginia clothing voucher program…
West Virginia Watch More than 50 members of the West Virginia National Guard landed at the southern border in Texas this week at Gov. Jim Justice’s behest to support the southern state’s controversial border security program, Operation Lone Star. The mission will cost West Virginians roughly $600,000, a National Guard spokesman told WV News in June. Justice, in…
WV Metro News Read the full article. Thousands of West Virginians are coming off government health insurance programs as states snap back to Medicaid eligibility requirements that were in place before the covid-19 pandemic. More than half were ruled ineligible not because they wouldn’t qualify, but instead because they haven’t completed their paperwork. “Losing coverage presents a…
West Virginia Watch As West Virginia University is weighing faculty and academic program cuts, a group of campus employees is hoping to have a voice in the future of the state’s largest public university. WVU is grappling with an estimated $45 million budget gap for the coming year. In response, the university has cut staff and raised tuition almost…
Public News Service In West Virginia, babies of Black mothers are dying at higher rates in childbirth compared to white infants - and experts say the lack of access to healthcare for people of color is likely driving those numbers. According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state's…
Charleston Gazette Mail Gov. Jim Justice and company recently celebrated a record budget surplus for the just-ended 2022-23 budget year – although as Justice and Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy admitted, the surplus was wildly inflated by deliberately and significantly underestimating state revenue collections. The surplus will likely trigger a second round of income tax cuts — but ominous economic…