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Gazette-Mail: New taxes, cuts make up Justice's WV budget plan
February 9, 2017 08:23AM ET | Gazette-Mail
By Phil Kabler The Charleston Gazette-Mail, W.Va. Feb. 09--Gov. Jim Justice's 2017-18 budget plan would close a nearly $500 million shortfall by raising $450 million in new taxes -- the largest being a 0.2 percent gross receipts tax on ...
Governing: Surprising Lawmakers, West Virginia's New Governor Pushes Tax Hikes
February 9, 2017 08:21AM ET | Governing
Gov. Jim Justice delivered his first State of the State address Wednesday, and his calls to raise numerous taxes to fill a $500 million budget hole and pay for government services has left Republican lawmakers critical of the state’s new leader. ...
ATR: Democrat Governor Jim Justice Proposes Largest Tax Hike in West Virginia History
February 9, 2017 00:15AM ET | ATR
In his State of the State Address Wednesday night, Governor Jim Justice (D-W.V.) proposed the largest tax hike in state history, increasing the sales and gas tax and creating a new Commercial Activities Tax. These proposals stand in stark contrast to ...
Wheeling Nws-Reg: Some West Virginia Lawmakers Disappointed By Tax Proposals
February 9, 2017 00:13AM ET | Wheeling Nws-Reg
CHARLESTON — Tax and fee increases in Gov. Jim Justice’s proposed fiscal 2018 are disappointing according to some Northern Panhandle lawmakers. “He went the path of governors before him” by proposing tax increases, said Senate Majority Leader ...
Wheeling Nws-Reg: West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s Proposed Budget Includes Tax, Fee Increases
February 9, 2017 00:13AM ET | Wheeling Nws-Reg
CHARLESTON — Classroom teachers would get a 2-percent pay raise, highway projects including bridge upgrades on Interstate 70 in Ohio County would get completed and motorists would pay 10 cents more per gallon of gasoline if Gov. Jim Justice’s ...
Herald Dispatch: Justice proposes cuts, taxes to balance WV budget
February 9, 2017 00:05AM ET | Herald Dispatch
CHARLESTON - West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday proposed a combination of budget cuts, tax increases and reforms and potential bonding measures with the goal of balancing the Mountain State's budget and, with the support of the 83rd West ...
WV Public TV: Justice Wants $450M in Tax Increases Under 2018 Budget Proposal
February 8, 2017 11:16PM ET | WV Public TV
In his first State of the State address Wednesday evening, Gov. Jim Justice presented lawmakers with a plan to close a $497 million budget gap in the 2018 fiscal year. That’s the latest estimate from the Governor’s Office about just how big that ...
WSAZ: W.Va. Gov. Justice proposes cuts to deal with budget deficit
February 8, 2017 08:23PM ET | WSAZ
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Gov. Jim Justice has proposed government cuts and incremental tax increases to close a projected $500 million West Virginia budget deficit next year. The newly elected Democrat also wants a 2 percent raise for classroom ...
ExponentTelegram: Gov. Justice calls for some cuts, some tax increases to move West Virginia forward
February 8, 2017 08:11PM ET | ExponentTelegram
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice didn't sugar-coat West Virginia's budget problems, but he tried to provide hope during his State of the State address before legislators on Wednesday. He told reporters before the address that the problems include a $123 ...
WV MetroSources: Justice’s plan to fill budget gap goes lighter on cuts, suggests a new business tax
February 8, 2017 08:05PM ET | WV MetroSources
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice’s administration is proposing a budget that fills an estimated $500 million gap for next fiscal year with only an estimated $26 million in cuts and an estimated $450 million in increased revenue, including the ...
West Virginia Editorial Roundup
February 8, 2017 04:19PM ET | Associated Press
Recent editorials from West Virginia newspapers: ___ Feb. 5 The Beckley Register-Herald on state Senate President Mitch Carmichael: Senate President Mitch Carmichael is going to need all of the ...
