Sunday Gazette-Mail - Debates about "right to work" legislation are likely to heat up in West Virginia during coming weeks. ReadLast Tuesday, a bill called the "Creating Workplace Freedom Act" was introduced in the state Senate.The bill, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, would prohibit requiring workers to join unions in workplaces covered…
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West Virginia Public Broadcasting - At the legislature today, when their party took over control of the House and Senate, Republicans promised tort reform. Watch Sean O'Leary on the Legislature Today talking about the state's prevailing wage law.Several bills are moving through the legislative process including one about nursing home administrators that was up for…
Charleston Gazette - Nearly 100 people, including dozens of union workers, packed a committee room Thursday as the state Senate began an effort to repeal West Virginia's prevailing wage law, only to see the repeal abruptly dropped from the committee agenda, pushed back to next week. ReadThe prevailing wage law requires that state-funded construction projects…
Bluefield Daily Telegraph - While state lawmakers are considering a bill that would abolish the prevailing wage law in West Virginia in an effort to reduce the cost of public construction projects, one group of policy analysts said the wage actually saves the state money. ReadWest Virginia is one of 32 states that has a…
Charleston Daily Mail - The day before a state Senator plans to introduce another bill that would repeal the prevailing wage rates for construction projects in West Virginia, a report was released by a nonprofit organization funded by organized labor which concluded that a repeal would harm the state's economy. Read The 10-page study released…
Beckley Register-Herald - While state lawmakers are considering a bill that would abolish the prevailing wage law in West Virginia in an effort to reduce the cost of public construction projects, one group of policy analysts said the wage actually saves the state money. ReadWest Virginia is one of 32 states that has a prevailing…
The State Journal - State Republican leaders are considering a repeal of West Virginia's long-standing prevailing wage law. ReadSenate President Bill Cole, R-Mercer, introduced a similar bill last year, and Cole said he still believes repealing the legislation is the right thing to do. Cole said he doesn't believe having a prevailing wage bill is…
Beckley Register-Herald - In spite of budget cuts and using Rainy Day Funds, Secretary of Revenue Bob Kiss said Wednesday that the state is heading toward better days. Read "Two years down the road we are anticipating a surplus," Kiss said. "We are getting there."Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's budget lacks $151 million between revenues and…
Charleston Gazette - In the midst of three straight years of dwindling tax revenues and budget cuts, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's revenue secretary said Wednesday morning that those cuts should not necessarily be seen as permanent. ReadBob Kiss said that the projected cuts in next year's budget, to things like higher education, primary care, free…
West Virginia Public News Service - The flu is flying around West Virginia, but there may be a partial cure in an unexpected place - through paid sick days. ReadSupporters are pushing both Congress and the West Virginia Legislature to expand the types of workers who can earn paid time off when they are ill.…