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Justice announces sales tax holiday

CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice announced that West Virginians in need of materials for the upcoming school year will be able to save money during the state’s back-to-school sales tax holiday. The holiday runs Friday through Monday. During this holiday, certain back-to-school items are exempt from sales tax, such as clothing, school supplies, instructional materials, laptops and tablets, and sports equipment. The Sales Tax Holiday begins Friday will continue through 11:59 p.m. Monday. To learn more about what can and cannot be purchased tax-free during this time period and ...

State withdraws two liens against Justice’s Greenbrier Hotel

The State of West Virginia has withdrawn two liens against The Greenbrier Hotel, which is owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family, that were originally put in place over unpaid sales taxes. The two liens withdrawn this month in Greenbrier County together amount to $897,615. One lien of $566,800 was withdrawn on July 16. Another lien of $330,815 was withdrawn July 8. A tax lien is a legal claim against the assets of a person or business who fails to pay taxes owed. Merchants collect sales taxes from customers but that’s never their money. It’s the customer’s money ...

$7.9M will help strengthen healthcare services, medical research

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin (I-WV), member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $7,941,452 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support critical medical research, hospital preparedness, prevention and control of emerging infectious diseases, family planning services, and substance use disorder and mental health service projects throughout West Virginia. “I’m pleased HHS is investing more than $7.9 million to expand our knowledge of infectious diseases and numerous other medical research projects at West Virginia University,” said Manchin. ...

Encampment ban discussion on Tuesday’s city council agenda

MORGANTOWN — A citywide ban on camping or using “camp paraphernalia” on any public property will be up for discussion when Morgantown City Council convenes for Tuesday’s committee-of-the-whole session.  Included on the posted meeting agenda is an ordinance creating a new article ...

Move over, Babydog: Jim Justice is getting a bobblehead, too

First Babydog, now Big Jim. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum in Milwaukee announced Friday that Justice, the sitting West Virginia governor and current candidate for U.S. Senate, is also getting a bobblehead of his own — just like his faithful canine sidekick. Babydog, the English bulldog known as the Mountain State’s First Dog, did a star-turn earlier this month at the Republican National Convention, which was also held in the Wisconsin city. She accompanied the governor on stage, where he gave remarks. “Babydog’s turning into one of our top ...

Federal prison oversight bill cosponsored by Manchin and Capito signed into law

President Biden signed into law on Thursday the Federal Prison Oversight Act — a bill cosponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito to address problems in the federal prison system.   Lead sponsor Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., said he first introduced the bipartisan bill in 2022 after leading multiple bipartisan Senate investigations into corruption, abuse and misconduct within the Federal prison system, uncovering a lack of oversight of the Federal prison system that led to long-term failures likely contributing to loss of life; jeopardizing the health and safety ...