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The West Virginia House of Delegates Finance Committee advanced a bill Monday that would fund hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives for a battery manufacturing plant in Weirton.
CHARLESTON — The House of Delegates Finance Committee on Monday advanced a bill that would fund hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives for a battery manufacturing plant in
JOSELYN KING Staff Writer WEIRTON — Delegate Patrick McGeehan says he will introduce legislation this session to limit the emergency powers of West Virginia’s governor. Other Northern Panhandle legislators in the House and Senate — both Democrat and Republican — say the passage of such a bill is needed. Restrictions placed by Gov. Jim Justice this year in response to COVID-19 concerns in the state have McGeehan, R-Hancock, concerned. Among these, he said, were business lockdowns, and institution of mandates requiring open businesses to force customers to wear masks. These have been i...