Anti-trans is anti-Scripture There is a growing list of anti-trans bills introduced by the West Virginia Legislature targeting transgender persons’ access to medical care, job opportunities and […]
Tag: surplus
Jan. 22 letters to the editor
Thanks for making MLK Day event a success On behalf of the Community Coalition for Social Justice, I want to thank everyone who made our 17th Annual […]
Tax cuts would line richest’s pockets, drain state coffers
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 […]
Jan. 8 letters to the editor
Let’s create jobs cleaning up old mines A lot of work remains to be done to reclaim abandoned mine lands in West Virginia. Before passage of the […]
Editorial Encore: More money, same problems: Where to use the surplus
EDITOR’S NOTE: We took a look into our editorial archive to see what was on our minds this time last year — and found that it was […]
Money, money, money: State’s surplus continues to grow
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 […]
Aug. 7 letters to the editor
Ignoring something won’t make it go away In response to the editorial of Sunday, July 31, I believe it is indulging in a logical fallacy: to ignore […]
Politicians’ vision for state’s financial future doesn’t fit the reality
Gov. Justice is beating the same income tax drum he banged on through most of the regular legislative session, and he’s drumming up even less enthusiasm this […]
W.Va. can’t wait for a ‘rainy day’
For Fiscal Year 2022 (which began July 1, 2021), West Virginia’s revenue collections are $394 million above estimates so far. In fact, just this past December alone, […]
Surplus? How about stimulus?
During his COVID briefing last Monday, Gov. Jim Justice talked about West Virginia’s “off the charts” economic surplus. He also voiced support for President Biden’s larger stimulus […]
