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West Virginia finished the 2026 fiscal year with a total surplus of nearly $460 million dollars. As often happens at the end of the legislative session, money, is allocated to what is referred to as the “back of the budget." These are projects that will be paid for using any excess revenue for the year. After all those appropriations were addressed, the state still has approximately $175 million that has not been spoken for, according to a report from the West Virginia Department of Revenue.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThis week, Inside Appalachia discusses the influence and contributions of Oscar Micheaux, an African American filmmaker who lived in Virginia in the 1920s. Mason Adams speaks with Roanoke historian Jordan Bell about Micheaux's life and career.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsThe state of West Virginia has finished the fiscal year ahead of projections for revenue.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState revenue collections in February were $50 million above estimate and nearly 7% higher than February of last year.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHistorically, coal generated the bulk of severance taxes. But the advent of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, gave gas the advantage.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHigher severance tax and sales tax revenues helped offset a slump in personal and corporate income tax revenues in May. ...
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