West Virginia Week In Review

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Saturday, July 9, 2022
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** West Virginia Week In Review
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Gov. Justice proposes 10% personal income tax cut ([link removed])
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Coming off the greatest year of revenue collections in state history, Gov. Justice announced Wednesday that he is proposing a permanent 10% cut of the personal income tax. Under the Governor’s proposal, the 10% tax cut will be retroactive to the beginning of the 2022 calendar year, putting $250 million back in the pockets of West Virginians.

The Governor announced that he will call a Special Session of the West Virginia Legislature to coincide with this month’s interim meetings on July 24-26 to allow legislators to vote on his proposal.
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First probable case of monkeypox in West Virginia ([link removed])
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The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources has identified the first probable case of monkeypox in a resident of Berkeley County. Out of respect for patient privacy, no additional information will be released. The United States is currently experiencing a monkeypox outbreak with over 600 cases confirmed nationwide, and there will likely be additional cases in West Virginia in the weeks ahead.
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Gov. Justice, Babydog honor retiring Forestry bloodhound after 10 years of decorated service ([link removed])
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Gov. Jim Justice and Babydog are honoring Raisy, an award-winning member of the West Virginia Division of Forestry (WVDOF) K-9 Investigative Unit, who is retiring after 10 years of sniffing out forest fires and chasing down arsonists. Over the course of her 10-year career, Raisy has been part of 197 wildfire arson investigations in West Virginia, has sniffed out 29 missing person cases, and helped with 78 criminal investigations for outside agencies.
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Gov. Justice awards over $1 million in STOP Violence Against Women Act grants ([link removed])
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Gov. Justice announced Thursday that he has awarded $1,073,538.00 in STOP Violence Against Women program grant funds to 24 projects across West Virginia. The purpose of these funds is to establish or enhance teams whose core members include victim service providers, law enforcement, and prosecution to improve the criminal justice system’s response to violence against women.
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Gov. Justice awards over $871,000 in grants to improve response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking ([link removed])
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Gov. Justice announced Thursday that he has awarded grant funds totaling $871,834.00 for three projects through the West Virginia Improving Criminal Justice Responses (ICJR) to Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Program.
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Roads to Prosperity: Construction on schedule for completion of first half of the Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge construction project on Interstate 64 ([link removed])
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Construction work is on schedule for the new Donald M. Legg Memorial Bridge on Interstate 64 to open to traffic later this fall. The new bridge is the first half of a project to replace the current interstate bridge over the Kanawha River between Nitro and St. Albans.
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WVDOH's aggressive summer paving season to reach long underfunded areas ([link removed])
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As West Virginia Division of Highways kicks off an aggressive paving summer, counties who have long felt overlooked for paving and road maintenance projects are reaping the benefits of a statewide common sense approach. By the middle of June, the WVDOH had paved 375 linear miles of roadway throughout the Mountain State utilizing paving contractors. WVDOH paving crews have paved an additional 125 miles of backroads using the division’s own paving machines.
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