The Senate Finance Committee advanced a pay raise bill for public employees, but with a twist. The Senate’s version of the bill would tie an average 4% raise for public employees to whatever happens with an upcoming trigger on personal income tax cuts. If the trigger based on economic ...
CHARLESTON — West Virginia faces a $114 million Medicaid gap along with a proposal to fill it, but the Senate Finance chairman is concerned about financial consequences down the line. Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps cover medical costs for some people with ...
Senators on Friday started consideration of West Virginia’s general revenue budget, leaving room for the possibility of a tax cut. “It contemplates the largest tax cut to the citizens of West Virginia in the history of West Virginia, passing the Senate,” Senate Finance Chair Eric ...
Without any discussion or questions, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a broad-ranging bill affecting the Public Employees Insurance Agency, although the bill had been explored by other committees and during behind-the-scenes discussions. “Shocking,” said AFL-CIO President Josh ...
Delegates sent an income tax cut bill rocketing out on a 95-2 vote toward the Senate, where the Finance Committee chairman says it has no chance of survival. House Finance Chair Vernon Criss said the dominant passage vote in that chamber should send a message. “It’s once in a ...
MORGANTOWN — Officials in Granville have their eyes and ears focused on Charleston as a bill that would eliminate a substantial percentage of the town’s B&O taxes continues to move through the legislature. On Tuesday, the West Virginia House of Delegates voted 83-13 in favor of HB ...