CHARLESTON - West Virginia Senate Republicans on Tuesday abandoned plans for tax reform, then passed a budget based on an increased revenue estimate of $4.22 billion that's likely to get a cold reception in the House.The Senate's move came after a House-Senate conference committee seeking ...
As the 60-day regular session of the Legislature passed the midway point, Gov. Jim Justice marked the occasion with a press conference to lament the seeming lack of progress on resolving a $500 million deficit in the upcoming 2017-18 state budget."This is the sole and only piece of legislation ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Wednesday marked the start briefly of the 83rd Legislature.As occurs in years after gubernatorial elections, legislators convened to elect their presiding officers, and this year, to hear a farewell address from Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, then recessed until Feb. 8, when the ...
CHARLESTON - Coal magnate Jim Justice was sworn in Monday as West Virginia's governor, the 34th man to hold the post over a century and a half.Elected as a Democrat in his first run for statewide office at age 65, Justice then outlined some proposals to help West Virginia's teachers, highways, ...
Senator Joe Manchin weighed in on the potential Affordable Care Act repeal process happening in Congress currently."I'm not going to throw 170,000 West Virginians, another 40,000 people on the exchange, and many thousands of seniors out in the cold. I'm just not going to do it," said Manchin ...
To My FellowWest Virginians:Over the last two weeks, there have been many reports and speculation about my future ranging from whether I will leave the Senate to join the Trump Administration to whether I will even stay a Democrat. I wanted to address you directly to discuss the reasons I ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield West Virginia is launching a doctor's office on wheels to help Medicare Advantage, Medicaid and Affordable Care Act (ACA) members in West Virginia who aren't getting necessary medical care or preventive health screenings because they may have ...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - After 13 days in special session, the Legislature passed a budget bill for the 2016-17 budget year - a bill that the spokesman for Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin said is "irresponsible" and will be vetoed by the governor."The Governor thinks it's an irresponsible plan that leaves ...
As legislators left Charleston Friday for the long holiday weekend, closing out the second week of a special session to pass the state's 2016-17 budget, the House and Senate had inched closer to a final deal on the $4.0 billion budget bill.The question is whether the plan they are putting ...
As the 2016 regular session of the Legislature moved toward its final days, the next to the last week of the session was notable for the defeat of two major bills.Senators killed the Religious Freedom Protection Act (HB 4012) on a 7-27 vote, a day after the Senate adopted an amendment by Sen. ...
