Gov. Jim Justice announced a series of steps meant to shore up the performance of the state Department of Health and Human Resources. The highlight is a 20% raise for starting child protective services, adult protective services and youth services workers. Employees previously hired in ...
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved the governor's TikTok ban bill. SB 426 says the Chief Information Security Officer will develop standards regarding banned high-risk technology platforms or products. All levels of government – local ...
Gov. Jim Justice appealed to West Virginia residents to support his proposed 50% income tax cut, saying regular citizens would benefit. “This moment is for Toby and Edith,” the governor said of his favorite imagined state residents during a live-streamed “town hall” Monday.” A ...
Lawmakers are back to debating the appropriate duration of the governor’s emergency powers, and delegates are advancing a bill that would give legislators more say-so. How long an emergency declaration by the governor should remain in effect has been a running debate among lawmakers for ...
Yesterday, Gov. Jim Justice’s personal income tax cut, introduced as HB 2526, passed the House of Delegates and moved on to the Senate, where we’re sure it will undergo some changes — if it doesn’t get scrapped entirely. But for our purposes, we’re going to discuss the proposal in ...
A week into the regular legislative session, debate over Gov. Jim Justice’s proposal to cut personal income taxes by half over three years is on maximum. The House of Delegates moved the bill toward Wednesday passage in that chamber, Senators quizzed Revenue Secretary Dave Hardy, and the ...