Gov. Jim Justice pitched his proposal for an income tax cut during his State of the State speech, and the House Finance Committee got it moving the very next day. A majority of House Finance Committee members voted to advance the tax proposal bill Thursday evening. The bill now goes to the ...
Gov. Jim Justice is calling for a “relatively flat” $4.884 billion budget that includes pay raises for most state employees and some increased financial support for the Public Employees Insurance Agency. “I want to mind the store,” Justice said during his State of the State address ...
The new chairman of the House Finance Committee says the Justice administration will take the lead on proposing an annual state budget that could include tax cut proposals. “I’m waiting on what the governor and the administration have. They’re working on a plan so that next Wednesday ...
West Virginia state government’s monthly revenue report was way up again, this time going into the swirl of the election just a week away. State revenue for October was almost $148 million ahead of estimates, according to a report distributed by the state Senate Finance Committee. For ...
WESTOVER — Westover considers itself “The city on the rise.” It’s not hard to see why, considering its budget in recent years. Westover’s actual budget for the 2019-20 fiscal year — meaning the period between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020, — was $5,748,345.87. The ...
KINGWOOD — Administrator of the Preston County Health Department V.J. Davis asked the Preston County Commission for funding in fiscal year 2023. Davis started by thanking the commission, which owns the building the health department calls home, for allowing the agency to live ...