Public News Service, MSN - Women's labor force participation rate in West Virginia has fallen over the past two decades but more are performing unpaid work, mostly as caregivers, according to the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Read the full article. Working women continue to earn less than men, at just under $20 an…
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Beckley Register-Herald - Gov. Jim Justice – as pompous, pretentious and self-promoting as they come and, as a person, politician or potentate, take your pick, a decidedly poor personification of the people he is supposed to serve as chief advocate – went out of his way on Wednesday at the end of the most recent…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Last month West Virginia Board of Education members learned the state has not received state-required assessments from many homeschooling families. Barely a third of the state’s homeschooled 11th graders submitted the paperwork last year. Assessments are required in 3rd, 5th, 8th and 11th grades. Read the full article. At the board’s October…
Mountain State Spotlight, Clay County Free Press, Times West Virginian - In mid-September, Gov. Jim Justice told the people of West Virginia he’d be calling the Legislature back into session at the end of the month. Read the full article. “I promised you I’d fight like crazy for a 5% tax cut, I promised you…
West Virginia MetroNews - Lawmakers who wanted more specifics before buying into another income tax cut said they finally heard enough detail to feel confident. Read the full article. Others questioned whether the reduced spending to balance out the tax cut will shortchange state programs meant to support childcare and child welfare. Gov. Jim Justice’s…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice added several items to the call of the special legislative session, including a bill that would shift a proposed personal income tax from the 5% that the governor has touted to a 2% tax cut instead. Read the full article. After lawmakers received the tax cut bill, members…
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - September was Hunger Action Month at the Facing Hunger Foodbank, where staff received enough donations to provide more than 500,000 meals, according to Chief Development Officer Samantha Edwards. Read the full article. “It’s a really big month to bring more awareness to hunger, because we have a lot of people that we…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice expressed optimism that an additional personal income tax cut that he’s been pushing for weeks could still be embraced by the state Legislature. Read the full article. Lawmakers went into a special session called by the governor on Monday but adjourned until this coming Sunday without taking up…
Mother Jones - The newly renovated convention center was lined with booths offering flyers and merchandise; the upstairs conference rooms were hosting a series of information sessions about housing, education, and health care services, and a couple of bouncy castles had been set up as part of the provided child care. Read the full article. The…
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch - Personal income taxes — and the consequences of cutting them — have been a source of recurring debate across the Mountain States for longer than Gov. Jim Justice has been in office. But Justice’s desire to cut them by an additional 5% has resurrected the topic. Read the full article.…