The surplus money just keeps piling up in West Virginia’s treasury. The just-released revenue figures for the first four months of the 2023 fiscal year show the […]
Tag: Property Tax Modernization Amendment
Amendments 1 & 2 about checks on gov’t, local control
When you go to the polls, either this week for early voting or next week on Election Day, you’ll be asked to vote on four constitutional amendments. […]
Guest essay: Say yes to changing property taxes
by Woody Thrasher By voting for Amendment 2 on Nov. 8, you will provide a path for the Legislature to reduce your taxes. Voting for Amendment 2 […]
What happens when local gov’t has to beg the state for funds
The humanitarian crisis that was (and still is) Jackson, Miss., exemplifies what happens when infrastructure is starved of funds — and when local governments have to try […]
A look at Amendment 2: the Property Tax Modernization Amendment
MORGANTOWN – Today we look at the second of four constitutional amendments that will be before West Virginia voters in November. Amendment 2 is called the Property […]
Legislative, business leaders promote tax-cut Amendment 2 during state chamber summit
MORGANTOWN – While the House and Senate remain at loggerheads over tax-cut legislation, the speaker and president sat in cordial agreement Friday on the importance of passing […]
Aug. 28 letters to the editor
Our senators should speak out on IRA vote The Dominion Post Aug. 18 editorial encourages Sen. Manchin to accept the invitation of a state senator to come […]
Taxpayers spent a lot for special session flop
The Legislature’s special session that concluded Friday, July 29, was a massive waste of taxpayers’ money — at $35,000 a day for five days for a grand […]
Justice vs. Blair: The showdown over taxes
Gov. Jim Justice and Senate President Craig Blair are headed for a showdown — or maybe a compromise — this special session on tax relief. Justice’s plan […]
Gov. Justice takes another crack at tax cuts
Gov. Jim Justice is fixated on getting rid of the state income tax. For some time now he has believed with great conviction that having West Virginia […]
