Times West Virginian - Here we go again. Read the full article. West Virginia legislators are being beckoned to Charleston for a special session, this time to pass a bill that would lower the state income tax by 10% with the long-term goal of total elimination of the income tax. Now, we fully support putting…
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WCHS - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has called a special session of the Legislature for Monday at noon. The governor wants senators and delegates to consider his plan to cut the state's personal income tax by 10%. Read the full article. For quite some time, Justice has been promoting cutting or eliminating the state's…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - A proposed constitutional amendment on the ballot this November will give the West Virginia Legislature authority to remove or reduce a variety of county level property taxes. Read the full article. West Virginia Public Broadcasting previewed the ballot measure, looking at concerns on how passage would affect the state economy,…
AP, US News, Shelton Herald, Weirton Daily Times, - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice called on state lawmakers Wednesday to meet at the Capitol next week to consider a permanent 10% reduction in the state’s income tax. Read the full article. “Once we get the ball rolling, we can keep coming back and chipping away at our…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice issued a call for a legislative special session to begin at noon Monday, proposing cuts to personal income taxes. Read the full article. The governor’s call also included more specific information about changes to brackets, reflecting the governor’s desire to give lower wage earners a somewhat larger break…
Mountain State Spotlight - Days after the end of the fiscal year on July 1 showed West Virginia’s revenues well above official estimates, Gov. Jim Justice faced a camera in his Capitol office and announced his plans to keep West Virginia on the economic “rocket ship ride” he’s long promised: a 10% income tax cut.…
West Virginia MetroNews - Gov. Jim Justice is pushing for income tax cuts of about 10 percent for West Virginians. But the governor has been suggesting lower-income citizens should get a bigger break by percentage than higher wage earners. Read the full article. House Finance Chairman Eric Householder agrees with the broad strokes of the…
West Virginia Public Broadcasting - Gov. Jim Justice said in a press briefing on Wednesday that his proposed 10 percent permanent personal income tax cut will return $254 million to state taxpayers. Read the full article. “We will get money and real relief all across the board, to every single taxpayer in the state of…
Mountain State Spotlight, Beckley Register-Herald, Fayette Tribune - On a recent weekday, nearly two dozen kids gathered around a multicolored ABC rug in the Louis Bennett Public Library, filling the space with chit-chat and laughter. Everyone listened intently as a library clerk in a pirate hat enthusiastically read “Where’s the Pirate?” Then they walked across…
Beckley Register-Herald- It's that time of year again – property tax bills will soon be arriving in the mail and older residents as well as those who are totally and permanently disabled may apply for the homestead exemption. Read the full article. Additionally, the Wyoming County Board of Education hopes to pass a bond levy…