During his State of the State address, Gov. Jim Justice presented the Legislature with an essentially flat budget — again. There is a slight increase of about […]
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Report: thousands of jobs go unfilled
A state audit found that millions of dollars are being allocated for vacant positions, many of which have been vacant for several years with no evidence that […]
House, Senate adopt resolution calling on Congress for convention to amend Constitution; Senate OKs its budget bill, sends to House
MORGANTOWN – The House of Delegates spent just over an hour Friday debating another one of its annual resolutions applying to Congress to call a convention of […]
Senate delays action on income tax repeal and budget bills for a day; special session for repeal looks likely
MORGANTOWN – The writing is on the wall for the personal income tax repeal bill – for this session at least. The Senate on Tuesday punted action […]
Governor proposes FY 2022 state budget essentially unchanged from current pandemic budget
MORGANTOWN – After a pandemic lasting more than a year, West Virginia will enter Fiscal Year 2022 with a budget essentially the same as this year’s, Gov. […]
House Majority Whip looking for ways to eliminate income tax
MORGANTOWN — In an email leaked to Dragline, a blog that follows West Virginia politics, House Majority Whip Paul Espinosa, R-Jefferson, asked his fellow caucus members for […]
Justice team: Despite COVID, FY 20 ends $28 million in black; FY 21 opens with $244 million surplus
MORGANTOWN — In early April, as the COVID-19 pandemic was gaining momentum, West Virginia’s revenue experts expected the state to be on financial life support by this […]
