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…
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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…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - After federal and state level changes to Medicaid, many Americans will be left without health insurance coverage by the end of the year. Read the full article. To remedy the financial strain on West Virginia families, lawmakers are considering a bill to create a high-quality, low-cost health insurance plan for…
Dominion Post - The West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy came to Morgantown Thursday evening to critique 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 around…
West Virginia MetroNews - Senate President Craig Blair is feeling pretty good about the rollout of a new tax proposal estimated at $600 million. Read the full article. Senators introduced and passed a bill that touches on several sections of the tax code. On Thursday morning, Senate leaders met with House leaders and representatives of…
Williamson Daily News - Legislation that would give $500 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding to the West Virginia Economic Development Authority met with protest Thursday during a public hearing to discuss the proposal. Read the full article. The state has $677 million in unallocated federal funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. House Bill 2883 would…