Of the tax cut plans on the table, the one proposed by the Senate (SB 424) is by far the most reasonable. As we previously reported, the plan starts with a 15% decrease in personal income tax. In out years, a 105% improvement of sales tax revenue over the previous year would trigger ...
A couple of weeks ago, Gov. Jim Justice and state Senate leaders weren’t in the same ballpark on changing the state’s tax code. Now they’re at least in the same room. That doesn’t mean the governor’s proposal for a 50% tax cut over three years is a slam dunk, but at least on Day ...
MORGANTOWN — Call it a post-election high five — county-to-county. Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper paid a visit to his Monongalia County counterparts on Wednesday to offer a word of thanks following November’s defeat of Amendment 2. Carper called the educational ...
MORGANTOWN — “It’s a good morning,” Monongalia County Assessor Mark Musick said Wednesday as he stood before the county commission. Musick’s comments in reference to Tuesday’s defeat of Amendment 2 were among a number of Election Day highlights raised the morning ...
Constitutional amendments were headed toward defeat as results came in Election Night. With more than three-quarters of all precincts across the state reporting, Amendment 1 on impeachment powers was being voted down 219,792 to 157,161. Amendment 2, the highest profile measure about ...
CHARLESTON — Amendment 2, the hottest issue on West Virginia ballots, was defeated on Election Night. “It was an absolute, ill-fated idea,” said Gov. Jim Justice, who campaigned around the state against the amendment. The governor added, “We’ve heard the voice of the ...