West Virginia's elections chief, Secretary of State Mac Warner, did not respond to a request for comment about a reform plan proposed by the advocacy group Americans for Citizen Voting (ACV) to bar all noncitizens from voting in any West Virginia election.
West Virginia last year recorded a homicide rate of 6.6 per 100,000 residents, compared to the U.S. rate of 6.5 per 100,000 and the state’s 3.1 rate a decade earlier, according to newly released FBI crime data
The total amount of federal public education stimulus funds that West Virginia received from Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic is $1.19 billion, according to a tally from the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL).
Under Democrat Joe Biden’s federal tax plan, the top marginal tax rate in West Virginia could hit 55.84 percent, according to a new analysis by the Tax Foundation.
Republican Gov. Jim Justice received a grade of “C” from the Washington-based CATO Institute for his tax and spending policies since 2018, according to a ranking of governors that comes out every two years.
West Virginia will lose $223.3 million in total state and local tax revenue from the hotel industry due to COVID-19, according to an Oxford Economics estimate released by the American Hotels and Lodging Association.