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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATIVE NEWS
from Eyewitness News Online W.Va. lawmakers pass $11.6B budget March 20, 2010 12:31 PM CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia state government is poised to spend $11.6 billion during the next budget year. The state Senate passed a compromise budget bill Saturday, 29-0. The House later voted 84-12 to send the budget to Gov. Joe Manchin. Of the five senators absent, two paired their uncounted votes. The new budget year begins July 1. The compromise bill relies on $3.7 billion from general tax revenues. That's down $46.2 million from the version passed last year. But overall state spending will rise a half-percent. The increase reflects $82 million in additional lottery proceeds as well as $140 million in federal stimulus-related highway funds. Spending cuts offset those increases. But $150 million from the stimulus also softened cuts in education and Medicaid. |
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