Published April 9, 2021 at 9:45 AM EDT Listen • 26:12
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The Legislature Today this week, House Judiciary Chair Moore Capito, R-Kanawha, and House Judiciary Minority Chair Chad Lovejoy, D-Cabell, join reporter Emily Allen to discuss a plethora of bills their committee worked on this session, including multiple measures on criminal justice reform, elections and several related to the pandemic.
Also in this broadcast, Senior reporter Dave Mistich speaks with fellow statehouse reporters Steven Allen Adams of Ogden Newspapers and Brad McElhinny of West Virginia MetroNews to discuss the state budget process and the personal income tax repeal plans as the session goes into Saturday, the final day of the 2021 legislative session.
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The Final Hours of the 2021 Legislative Session
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The West Virginia Senate had a late night Wednesday, passing a budget bill after 9:30 p.m. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
CHARLESTON The West Virginia Senate passed a state budget Wednesday that restored much of the funding cut last week in committee.
House Bill 2022, the budget bill, passed 24-10 late Wednesday evening after the Senate amended its version of the budget, Senate Bill 125, and inserted the contents of its bill into the House Bill. The only Democratic senator to vote for the bill was Bob Plymale, D-Wayne.
The House can either concur with Senate changes to HB 2022 or reject those changes and ask the Senate to recede from those changes, setting up a possible conference committee and compromise in time for the end of the 2021 legislative session Saturday night.
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CHARLESTON The West Virginia Senate passed a state budget Wednesday that restored much of the funding cut last week in committee.
House Bill 2022, the budget bill, passed 24-10 late Wednesday evening after the Senate amended its version of the budget, Senate Bill 125, and inserted the contents of its bill into the House Bill. The only Democratic senator to vote for the bill was Bob Plymale, D-Wayne.
The House can either concur with Senate changes to HB 2022 or reject those changes and ask the Senate to recede from those changes, setting up a possible conference committee and compromise in time for the end of the 2021 legislative session Saturday night.
Published April 8, 2021 at 11:58 AM EDT Listen • 15:23
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West Virginia Morning, the Senate has passed a measure to reduce the personal income tax, and the chamber has passed a budget bill. Also, we have updates on a coronavirus variant spreading in the state, and we have a story exploring the looming retirement of many of West Virginia’s water and wastewater operators.
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