W.Va. Book Festival Announces Featured Authors For 2024
West Virginia’s annual book festival celebrating national and regional authors will come to the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center this October.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsGov. Earl Ray Tomblin is calling for the Republican-led Legislature to stay for an extended budget session.
State lawmakers received the message Thursday for the budget session, which has been standard practice. The Legislature’s 60-day regular session ends Saturday.
Tomblin has called for the budget session to conclude Wednesday at the latest.
Tomblin’s proposed budget anticipates using $15.5 million from the state’s Rainy Day Fund. It doesn’t include tax increases.
It’s the Legislature’s job to pass a balanced budget. Tomblin can make line-items vetoes in the spending plan that lawmakers pass.