Mountain State Spotlight, West Virginia Daily News - As West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice stood in the House of Delegates chamber last week delivering the annual State of the State address, he jumped from topic to topic, highlighting his greatest hits. When he came to the state’s abortion ban, the assembled lawmakers rose in a…
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Logan Banner - Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed 50% income tax cut is advancing through the West Virginia House of Delegates and could be introduced Wednesday in the Senate. Read the full article. During Monday’s floor session, the House advanced the bill to second reading, which will take place Tuesday, paving the way for a third…
Charleston Gazette-Mail - An in-depth discussion about the income tax bill working its way through the House, with Delegates who offer up very different proposals. Plus, hear from the Governor’s Revenue Secretary and the Executive Director of the WV Center on Budget and Policy on this episode of Outside the Echo Chamber. Listen to the…
Public News Service - West Virginia's teachers' union warns that new proposed tax cuts will further shrink school budgets and drive more educators out of the profession. A crippling number of vacancies are straining school operations, and the number of non-certified teachers that have left their jobs has doubled since 2018, according to the state's…
Mountain State Spotlight, Beckley Register-Herald, Times West Virginian - Earlier this month, when lawmakers were still preparing to come to Charleston for the legislative session, WVU Medicine Wheeling Hospital dropped a bombshell: it would stop taking the state’s public employees’ health insurance. Almost immediately, lawmakers promised action and on the first day of the session, state…
West Virginia News - Gov. Jim Justice is proposing a $4.884 billion state budget for Fiscal Year 2024. Read the full article. The governor’s budget contains $115 million for an average 5% pay raise for state employees, $59 million to increase reimbursement rates for the West Virginia Public Employees Insurgence Agency and $35 million to…
Associated Press, CBS News, WCHS, Telegraph, Herald-Standard- West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s budget proposal doesn’t go far enough to support the most vulnerable and marginalized residents in one of the nation’s poorest states, advocates said Thursday. Read the full article. Prevent Child Abuse West Virginia Director Jim McKay said it was poignant to him that…
Associated Press, Bluefield Daily Telegraph, WTAP - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice unveiled his most ambitious personal income tax proposal yet Wednesday: a 50 percent reduction over the next three years. Read the full article. The Republican governor called the plan a “West Virginia tsunami” during his State of the State address, after lawmakers convened…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice is calling for a “relatively flat,” $4.884 billion budget that includes pay raises for most state employees and some increased financial support for the Public Employees Insurance Agency. Read the full article. “I want to mind the store,” Justice said during his State of the State address. The…
Daily Athenaeum - WVU President Gordon Gee will be heading out west later this month to give a guest lecture on higher education at Kansas State University. Read the full article. Gee, who Kansas State describes as a “renowned leader in higher education,” will be discussing the current and future state of land-grant universities, according…