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STEVEN ALLEN ADAMS Staff writer Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography TAX DEBATE — House Speaker Roger Hanshaw looks on as every member of the House of Delegates votes against the Senate version of HB 3300. CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice vowed to keep fighting for a compromise personal income tax plan between himself and the West Virginia Senate, while the House of Delegates opted to table the plan. The House unanimously voted against a motion to concur with the Senate’s changes to Hou...

Staff writer CHARLESTON — A day after the West Virginia Senate passed a hybrid version of a personal income tax phase-out incorporating new ideas from Gov. Jim Justice, pressure is on the House of Delegates to keep the bill moving. House Bill 3300, the bill being used to phase out the personal income tax in West Virginia, was sent back to the House Thursday after the state Senate amended and passed it 18-16 Wednesday night. The House had yet to take up the Senate message on HB 3300 Thursday...

For The Inter-Mountain CHARLESTON — A day after the West Virginia Senate passed a hybrid version of a personal income tax phase-out incorporating new ideas from Gov. Jim Justice, pressure is on the House of Delegates to keep the bill moving. House Bill 3300, the bill being used to phase out the personal income tax in West Virginia, was sent back to the House Thursday after the state Senate amended and passed it 18-16 Wednesday night. The House had yet to take up the Senate message on HB 330...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com House Speaker Roger Hanshaw looks on as every member of the House of Delegates votes against the Senate version of HB 3300. (Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography) CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice vowed to keep fighting for a compromise personal income tax plan between himself and the West Virginia Senate, while the House of Delegates opted to table the plan. The House unanimously voted against a motion to concur with the Senate’s changes to House Bill 3300, the...

WV Legislative Photography Senate Finance Chair Sen. Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, speaks during a Senate floor session on Feb. 26, 2021. This story was originally published by Mountain State Spotlight. For more stories from Mountain State Spotlight, visit www.mountainstatespotlight.org. Republican Gov. Jim Justice and some state lawmakers predict the elimination of the personal income tax would bring hundreds of thousands of new residents to the state. There’s no guarantee of that, but their decision...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com CHARLESTON – Gov. Jim Justice vowed to keep fighting for a compromise personal income tax plan between himself and the West Virginia Senate, while the House of Delegates opted to table the plan. The House unanimously voted against a motion to concur with the Senate’s changes to House Bill 3300, the personal income tax compromise bill developed by the Governor and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam. The vote came after Justice held a briefing e...

Sen. Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, speaks on the floor on Wednesday, April 7, 2021. In a Wednesday evening floor session that stretched for more than three hours — and became at times fiery between members of the Republican majority and Democratic minority — members of the West Virginia Senate passed a measure calling for the reduction of the personal income tax and a budget bill. Following Gov. Jim Justice holding a summit Monday with top legislators of both parties, Sen. Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, offer...

Staff writer Photo Courtesy/WV Legislative Photography TARR — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, speaking earlier in the day Wednesday on the state Senate floor. CHARLESTON — The leader of the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee tried one last time Wednesday to craft a plan for an income tax elimination Gov. Jim Justice and the House of Delegates could accept.  The Senate voted 18-16 in favor of House Bill 3300, the bill being used to phase-out the personal inco...

sadams@newsandsentinel.com Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, speaking earlier in the day Wednesday on the state Senate floor. (Photo courtesy of WV Legislative Photography) CHARLESTON — The leader of the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee tried one last time Wednesday to craft a plan Gov. Jim Justice and the House of Delegates could accept. The Senate voted 18-16 in favor of House Bill 3300, the bill being used to phase-out the personal income tax in West Virginia, l...

For The Times Leader CHARLESTON — The leader of the West Virginia Senate Finance Committee tried one last time Wednesday to craft a plan Gov. Jim Justice and the House of Delegates could accept. The Senate voted 18-16 in favor of House Bill 3300, the bill being used to phase-out the personal income tax in West Virginia, losing five Republican state senators. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Eric Tarr, R-Putnam, presented a strike-and-insert amendment to HB 3300 that wiped out the original c...