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Unemployment rate climbs in West Virginia
By MetroNews Staff
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s unemployment rate increased to 6.5 percent in February, according to numbers released Tuesday by WorkForce West Virginia.
The rate went up two-tenths of a percentage point from January after the number of unemployed state residents increased by 1,300. Those residents still receiving unemployment compensation in the Mountain State is now at 50,...
WV Legislature punts spending bill into spring
By Phil Kabler, Staff Writer, WV Gazette-Mail
With no resolution to the budget impasse — and with new revenue estimates showing that West Virginia’s 2016-17 budget shortfall will be $92.4 million larger than projected in January — legislators called it quits Tuesday, pending a special session to be called later this spring.
“It’s not possible to complete this budget in any reasonable time frame,” Senate...
WV Legislature punts spending bill into spring
By Phil Kabler, Staff Writer, WV Gazette-Mail
With no resolution to the budget impasse — and with new revenue estimates showing that West Virginia’s 2016-17 budget shortfall will be $92.4 million larger than projected in January — legislators called it quits Tuesday, pending a special session to be called later this spring.
“It’s not possible to complete this budget in any reasonable time frame,” Senate...
Budget decisions delayed after lawmakers hit with new $92 million problem
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
West Virginia’s budget hole got $92 million deeper Tuesday leaving Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin and members of the state legislature faced with what are anticipated to be painful decisions to make before the new fiscal year begins July 1.
Tomblin submitted updated revenue estimates to lawmakers that predict the “continued downturn in global energy markets”...
Voter ID bill with expanded options passes legislature on final day
By MetroNews Staff
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin indicated Saturday he’ll sign the Voter ID bill (HB 4013) that passed the legislature Saturday night.
The House of Delegates eventually agreed to most of the changes the Senate made to the bill providing for more acceptable forms of identification at polling places.
The additional forms include any local, county or state-issued government...