Mountain State Spotlight, My Buckhannon - Yesterday was Crossover Day, a key legislative deadline. This is the day when the full universe of bills introduced during the session — 2,316, to be exact — is whittled down. For the most part, bills that didn’t clear their chamber of origin (the House or the Senate) by…
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Mountain State Spotlight - For the more than 200,000 public employees who rely on the state’s health insurance agency, their premiums may soon go up. Lawmakers are also advancing a pay raise for state employees but union leaders say they’re worried that it might not offset premium increases now and in the future. Read the…
Mountain State Spotlight, Fayette Tribune - As Katonya Hart stood outside of the House of Delegates chamber at the West Virginia Capitol, a sparkly tiara fastened to her multicolored twists, the energy around her was undeniable. Read the full article. A floor below, the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. moved about in coordinated…
WOWK - A big tax cut for many West Virginia workers is a step closer to reality, but there is still one big hurdle to pass. With just 12 days left in this legislative session, there is some urgency to get it done. Read the full article. The fate of a bill to cut income…
The Center Square - West Virginia’s Senate passed an income tax cut compromise over the weekend that will now head to the House of Delegates. Read the full article. Gov. Jim Justice termed the 21% income tax cut as a compromise that returns $750 to taxpayers with a car tax rebate, 50% property tax rebate…
Mountain State Spotlight - After weeks of little public action on taxes, the Legislature’s newly announced tax compromise is now barreling forward as the end of the session approaches. Read the full article. The deal cleared a major hurdle on Saturday as the Senate, after suspending constitutional rules, introduced and passed a plan that would cut West…
West Virginia MetroNews - Senators introduced and passed a compromise version of a tax cut bill, spotlighted by a personal income tax cut of a little more than 21 percent. Read the full article. The Senate Finance Committee introduced the concept and approved the bill at a Saturday afternoon committee meeting that lasted only a few minutes.…
West Virginia MetroNews - Senators today started consideration of West Virginia’s general revenue budget, leaving room for the possibility of a tax cut. Read the full article. “It contemplates the largest tax cut to the citizens of West Virginia in the history of West Virginia, passing the Senate,” Senate Finance Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, said…
West Virginia MetroNews - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy continues to analyze the tax cut plans brewing in the Legislature and to offer some ideas that they think are better uses for a budget surplus. Read the full article. Center Executive Director Kelly Allen met with some residents at the Morgantown library…
Wheeling News-Register - Lawmakers discussed a bill Thursday that would help poor families who make just enough to not qualify for Medicaid gain access to affordable health insurance. Read the full article. The House Health and Human Resources Committee recommended for passage Thursday a strike-and-insert amendment to House Bill 3274, creating the Affordable Medicaid Buy-in…