Summary
West Virginia would gradually erase its tax on food and hand its public employees a permanent raise if lawmakers can find a way to enhance a pair of proposals from Senate President and acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
Tomblin's agenda this session includes bills that would pay employees a one-time sum and reduce the sales tax on groceries from 3 cents per dollar spent to 2 cents. The measures are among 26 items proposed by Tomblin, and most had seen some traction as the session enters its final half.See the full content of this document
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Lawmakers Weigh Food Tax, State Pay Raise
But the House Finance Committee is crunching the numbers in the hope to take the tax and pay measures further, Chairman Harry Keith White said Friday.
The state would need to ...See the full content of this document
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