Mountain State Spotlight, Fayette Tribune - For months, West Virginia lawmakers have said one thing repeatedly: the state has more than $1 billion in budget surplus. And when you look at the numbers, that’s largely thanks to the severance tax. Read the full article. That trend continued last week, as Gov. Jim Justice announced that the state…
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Beckley Register-Herald - When local attorney Todd Kirby was running for the Beckley seat in the House of Delegates last fall – a race he won – he talked about solving the drug overdose death crisis in the state. He wasn’t the first and he won’t be the last. Read the full op-ed. The candidate…
WOWK - On this week’s episode of Inside West Virginia Politics, we talk about candidates for U.S. House District 2 in West Virginia. Watch the full segment. Segment One is with Nate Cain (R-U.S. House District 2 Candidate) and Segment Two is with Joseph Earley (R-U.S. House District 2 Candidate). Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) calls…
Public News Service, Clay County Free Press - It's been 13 years since more than 156,000 West Virginians gained health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Read the full article. As sweeping and sometimes controversial as the ACA has been, its longer-term effects are still being felt today at the state level. Gary Zuckett, executive director…
Associated Press, US News, CBS News, WDTV - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed a $4.87 billion budget Friday for the next fiscal year along with bills giving pay raises to public employees and making changes to their insurance program. Read the full article. The relatively flat budget compared with past years includes 34 items…
Charleston Gazette-Mail, Huntington Herald-Dispatch - The state budget, a pay raise for government employees and a fix for the Public Employees Insurance Agency were among four bills signed into law Friday by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice. Read the full article. The budget presented in House Bill 2024 totals $4.874 billion and includes 34 surplus appropriations, Justice…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice’s administration announced that state tax tables have been adjusted to reflect passage of a 21.25 percent personal income tax cut, and employers can begin to adjust what is withheld from workers’ paychecks. Read the full article. “At my direction, our Tax Department wasted no time making these revisions,…
Beckley Register-Herald, Fayette Tribune - The state health department will soon be required to assess if more than 600,000 Medicaid users — more than a third of the state’s population — are still eligible for free or low-cost health insurance. Read the full article. The undertaking comes as the department, which is facing mounting criticism…
Mountain State Spotlight - When COVID first upended West Virginia in spring 2020, the federal government took steps to make sure people had access to the food and health insurance they needed. In some cases, benefits increased. In others, like Medicaid, state officials were allowed to temporarily stop checking eligibility requirements. Since then, the insurance…
West Virginia MetroNews - House Finance Chairman Vernon Criss says the budget passed during the most recent legislative session achieves a balance. Read the full article. On Day 59 of the regular legislative session, the House of Delegates completed work on a $4.87 billion general revenue budget that includes provisions for pay raises and tax…