Sen. Joe Manchin isn’t the one politician letting down West Virginia lately. Add Republicans within the state Senate who’re scuttling a bipartisan effort to chop taxes for all Mountain Staters.
West Virginia ended fiscal 2022 with a $1.3 billion funds surplus, and a few $600 million stays unappropriated. Final week the state Home voted 78-7 for an income-tax minimize favored by Gov. Jim Justice, with 11 Democrats becoming a member of the Republican majority.
