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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s Republican Senate leaders have answered the call to dramatically slash the state income tax by proposing to shave 15% off the rate at a cost of about $600 million, or more than half the state’s budget surplus. GOP senators described the plan as a safer,

CHARLESTON — A West Virginia Senate panel resolved Friday to seek U.S. Treasury Department watchdog agency review of Governor’s Office oversight of $28.3 million in federal COVID relief dollars unspent

The databases, including one that was supposed to improve the foster care system, have come under scrutiny by lawmakers as they attempt to improve transparency at the West Virginia Department

CHARLESTON — West Virginia tax collections for January have taken the state’s tax revenue surplus just short of $1 billion.

CHARLESTON — Abortion providers and advocates have filed a federal lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s near-total abortion ban passed into law last year.

CHARLESTON — A West Virginia finance panel of lawmakers will hold a hearing that will focus on the Governor’s Office’s transfer of $28.3 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus money that

The state’s Senate Finance Committee will look at transferring millions in federal COVID-19 funds to the Governor’s Office Gifts, Grants and Donations Fund, which already has more than $17 million.

On this episode of The Legislature Today, Government Reporter Randy Yohe speaks with Senate Finance Chair Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, and House Finance Committee member Del. Larry Rowe, D-Kanawha, to get the latest on the state budget.

The Senate did not slow down Tuesday, passing another 10 bills ranging on topics from energy to education and public employee retirement.

A Charleston civic leader on Friday applauded lawmakers’ efforts in building the economy but said more work is needed to build the kind of people required to drive it.