Amendment 2 is going to generate lots of math homework — anywhere from $17 million to $18 million a year, in fact — for the Monongalia County Board of Education […]
Tag: property taxes
The state Senate property tax plan: A look at the pros and cons
MORGANTOWN — Republican state Senators are hopeful that voters will approve Amendment 2 in November and set the Senate GOP tax reduction plan in motion. Four proposed amendments to the […]
State Senate ditches governor’s income tax bill, unanimously passes resolution outlining its plan
MORGANTOWN – The governor’s income tax cut bill took an apparent nose dive Friday afternoon, as the state Senate declined to take up the bill and instead passed its own […]
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 is straight forward […]
Guest essay: Don’t know enough about property tax amendment
by Tom Bloom House Joint Resolution 3, labeled the Property Tax Modernization Amendment, will be on the November ballot. This would amend the State Constitution by providing the Legislature with […]
Senate and House bills set the stage for carbon sequestration program in West Virginia
MORGANTOWN – The Senate Energy Committee approved a bill Thursday that supporters hope could put West Virginia on the cutting edge of environmentally friendly carbon sequestration technology. SB 622 sets […]
Senate Finance undoes Senate Judiciary rewrite of House personal property tax amendment; 1% county sales tax gone
MORGANTOWN – You may have seen one of those cartoons where someone in a carnival shooting gallery fires at the duck and ping, it goes right, then ping, back to […]
House adds vehicles to its property tax amendment; Sen. Maroney cleared of charge of soliciting prostitute
MORGANTOWN – The differing House and Senate proposals to allow the Legislature to set property tax rates became essentially the same on Tuesday when the House approved an amendment to […]
House public hearing: Property tax amendment could help industry, harm counties and schools
MORGANTOWN – Giving the Legislature authority over setting property tax rates could be good for industry and bad for counties. Those were the two primary points of view offered during […]
Senate Judiciary OKs constitutional amendment proposal for Legislature to control personal property taxes
The Senate Judiciary gave its approval Thursday to a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the Legislature the power to control personal property tax rates. Opponents worry such a move […]
