West Virginia MetroNews, Hampshire Review – Gov. Jim Justice announced he’ll call a special session for Sept. 30 for lawmakers to consider tax cuts, support for childcare, and the appropriation of supplemental funds to address other needs in West Virginia.
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The governor’s announcement came in a three-paragraph news release from his administration along with an accompanying video message. Together that described the broad outlines of the topics to be considered but suggested details are still to come.
“We’ve worked with the legislative leadership over the weekend. We’ve worked countless days in the past weeks and everything — and, really and truly, that date seems to work the very best for everybody. We want to be super respectful to the Legislature, but we’ve got to get things across the finish line,” Justice said in the video.
