Post by Logan on Mar 13, 2017 2:18:32 GMT -6
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — While some West Virginia lawmakers drafted a budget proposal for the coming year emphasizing government cuts, Gov. Jim Justice says the Legislature's Republican leadership has failed so far to produce its spending plan as promised halfway through the two-month legislation session.
Justice says it's state lawmakers' most important job.
Meanwhile, Republican Delegates Pat McGeehan and Michael Folk, who head the Liberty Caucus, say their proposal would halt government growth, cut $84 million from this year's spending level and won't raise taxes.
Accompanying legislation wasn't immediately introduced.
Read more: hosted2.ap.org/WVMOR/ae80f509bb5047d19fdef4ff1a8f6a99/Article_2017-03-09-WV--Budget%20Alternative/id-62ec6177346d4230bfd5b68262c98c3e
Justice says it's state lawmakers' most important job.
Meanwhile, Republican Delegates Pat McGeehan and Michael Folk, who head the Liberty Caucus, say their proposal would halt government growth, cut $84 million from this year's spending level and won't raise taxes.
Accompanying legislation wasn't immediately introduced.
Read more: hosted2.ap.org/WVMOR/ae80f509bb5047d19fdef4ff1a8f6a99/Article_2017-03-09-WV--Budget%20Alternative/id-62ec6177346d4230bfd5b68262c98c3e