West Virginia Watch, News from the States, West Virginia Daily News - With days to go before an election that will likely send him to the U.S. Senate, Gov. Jim Justice on Thursday celebrated signing a bill that cuts the state’s income tax. Read the full article. Senate Bill 2033, which lawmakers passed during a…
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Public News Service - Changes in bail policy don't affect crime rates in cities nationwide, according to new data from the Brennan Center for Justice. Read the full article. Cash bail has driven up jail overcrowding in West Virginia, and the state continues to struggle with record-high staff vacancies within the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation.…
Mountain State Spotlight, Fayette Tribune - With Election Day fast approaching, West Virginians continue to hear about inflation from candidates — mainly Republicans running for local and state offices, who have blamed national Democrats for higher prices and overspending. Read the full article. “Under Bidenomics, hard-working Americans are facing higher inflation, rising gas prices, and…
Mountain State Spotlight - During a national taskforce meeting about opioids in August 2016, an aide whispered into Huntington Mayor Steve Williams’ ear. The top federal drug control official wanted to meet privately with Williams. Read the full article. Just five days earlier, 27 people had overdosed in the span of four hours in Huntington.…
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…
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…