by Michael Hiltzik Part of the fallout from the violent and seditious end of the Trump administration concerns whether Donald Trump should receive the lavish government benefits showered on our other ex-presidents. The question was raised with particular force during the ...
There is an old saying about debt: “Running into debt isn’t so bad. It’s running into creditors that hurts.” Gov. Jim Justice and his family business have borrowed a lot of money over the years, hundreds of millions of dollars. That is not unusual. Big time businesspeople borrow ...
Building and repairing roads, bridges and other public works projects is one of the few acts of government that draw bipartisan support — at least in theory. In practice, congressional Republicans have balked in recent years at ambitious infrastructure proposals, unwilling to raise the ...
There’s a fine line between a public-private partnership and a government handout. A private-public partnership would be akin to the West Virginia Legislature approving $37 million in surplus state funds to assist in closing a deal for the Mylan plant in Morgantown — should such a deal ...
MORGANTOWN -- A bill passed by the West Virginia Legislature in 2020 is about to transfer funds into the county’s coffers. Monongalia County Clerk Carye Blaney explained that House Bill 2967 lays out a phased elimination of the state’s excise tax on property transfers. Starting with ...
by Charles Davisson Government runs on money! Our governments provide us with all kinds of services, from national defense to elementary schools. Mostly, they fund these services with taxes. For a discussion about taxes, you need to understand several concepts: Disposable income, ...