BUSINESS TAX: West Virginia would continue to whittle down its business franchise tax, erasing it completely in 2015, under a compromise reached between lawmakers and Manchin officials, The Charleston Gazette reports.
COALBED METHANE: A Senate committee has greatly changed Gov. Joe Manchin's proposal to phase out a severance tax credit. The Associated Press and The Register-Herald offer details.
DUI: AP also reports on movement for a bill "that would require first-time DUI offenders with a blood alcohol level of .15 or greater to have an "interlock" system installed on their car." The Parkersburg News quizzes local lawmakers on the measure.
PUBLIC EMPLOYEES: MetroNews covered Thursday's Capitol rally of retired state workers who blame Manchin for changes to their health coverage. The state program "switched 37,000 retirees from Medicare to the Advantra Freedom program last summer," the report said. "The retirees say they now have trouble getting out-of-state doctors and hospitals to accept their health insurance." With audio.
15 February 2008
Session Shorts, Day 38
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