2016 Budget

On this West Virginia Morning, lawmakers working on a tax-reform plan heard from Gov. Jim Justice. Ashton Marra s following budget negotiations at the…

State revenue officials say West Virginia didn’t end the 2016 fiscal year quite as badly off as they predicted, but they’re still calling it the worst…

In 2013, Governor Tomblin chose to expand the state’s Medicaid program, providing healthcare coverage for 150,000 more West Virginians. Up until this…

A new report released by the West Virginia Center on Budget & Policy shows the state’s cuts to Higher Education are among the worst in the country.The…

If you are a healthcare provider in West Virginia today – a dentist, doctor, counselor, therapist – and a Medicaid patient comes into your office for…

As the poll results came in the evening of Election Day, it was clear Senate Minority Leader Jeff Kessler would not take the Democratic nomination for…

On West Virginia Morning, we take a look at the house of delegates and their plans to close the budget gap for the 2016 and 2017 fiscal year.

Lawmakers continue to move forward with legislation to balance this year’s budget, and three of those bills will be up for a vote in the House of…

On West Virginia Morning we’ll hear some of the debate over the prevailing wage repeal including senator Craig Blair’s take as well as delegate Gary…

Members of the House of Delegates are still debating a bill that would take money from the Rainy Day Fund to balance the 2016 budget, but it’s a fight…