Press Archive
- State Driving Champions & Safety Award Winners
- Heavy Vehicle use Tax Return Form 2290 E-Filing Solutions for Truckers from WVTA
- WV Trucking Association Recognizes Drivers During 2020 National Truck Driver Appreciation Week Sept. 13-19
- A Thank You from UPS Public Affairs
- National Truck Driving Championship Cancelled
- 2019 WV Truck Driving Championship Winners
- I-81 Fuels Tax Increases Start July 1st!
- SPOTTED LANTERNFLY: PERMITTING & COMPLIANCE - ALL CARRIERS WELCOME
- 2 Million Mile Safe Driver - James (Danny) Roberts
- Traci Nelson: Trucking industry needs the DRIVE Safe Act
- Two Million Mile Safe Driver - Jeff Smith
- WV Trucking Association Announces State Driving Champions & Safety Award Winners
- America’s Big Game Delivered By Trucks
- The West Virginia Transporter 2017
- WV OMEGA Appoints Daniel Hall Director of Government Affairs & Membership Development Coordinator
- WV OMEGA Appoints Traci Nelson President
- West Virginia Truck Drivers Gearing up for Industry's Top Prize ATA Welcomes State Champs to Orlando for National Truck Driving Championships
- WVTA Offers Safe Driving Tips for Upcoming Holiday Weekend
- WV Trucking Professionals to Test Skills In Driving Competition at the Winjean Trucking Company in Buckhannon, WV
- Highs and Lows: Trump's love of trucks
- WVTA Buyers’ Guide
- WVTA Year End Review 2016
- ATA's Holiday Safe Driving Tips
- ATA Thanks Congress for Advancing a Permanent Hours-of-Service Fix Bipartisan Effort Will Improve Industry's Safety and Efficiency
- WVTA Announces Designation of Exclusive Publisher and Advertising Sales Agent for WVTA Buyers' Guide
- West Virginia Trucking Association Recognizes National “Operation Safe Driver Week” Oct. 16-22
- Driver-Focused Inspection Blitz October 16th - 22nd
- Health Groups Sue FDA Over Cigarette Warning Labels
- WVU Researchers Present Tepid Economic Outlook
- ATA President Outlines Vision for Trucking, Federation Spear Calls for Unity and Strength in Annual State of the Industry Address
- WV Trucking Association Elects New Officers
- Gov. Tomblin Honors State Trucking Industry
- Truck Driver Appreciation Week
- National Roadside Truck Brake Enforcement Blitz September 11th - 17th
- WV Trucking Association, American Trucking Association Launch Driving Safety Video in Advance of Labor Day Holiday
Legislative Summary 2018
The 2018 Legislative Session ended at midnight on Saturday Night.
A total of 1778 Bills were introduced during the 2018 Session. Of those, 260 Bills were successfully passed by the Legislature and sent to the Governor. Many of those Bills are now pending in the Governor’s Office, awaiting his signature or veto.
For the first time in decades, the West Virginia Legislature passed a budget bill in time to avoid an extended session. While passing a balanced budget by the end of the regular legislative session is required under the state Constitution, it ordinarily takes a few days after the end of the session to iron out differences between the House and Senate versions of the spending plan.
Legislative Summary 2017
The 2017 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature adjourned sine die on Sunday, April 9th. There were 1,702 bills introduced this Session. 132 House bills passed this session and 130 Senate bills.
Both chambers of the Legislature passed a $4.1 billion budget bill. Highlights are:
- Maintains its balance in part by using $90 million out of the Rainy Day Fund
- $140 million cut to the medical services line in DHHR; the medical services line item is reduced from $490 million to $350 million.
- Higher education is cut of just under $30 million. Most state colleges have a 4-percent across-the-board cut. West Virginia and Marshall universities have an 8.5 percent cut.
- Public education is relatively unchanged from current funding.
- No money in this budget for the governor's Save Our State fund for infrastructure and economic development.
- No money for a classroom teacher pay raises or for pay raises for any state employees.
- No tax increases.
The House passed the budget by a vote of 63-37 and the Senate by 22-12.
Legislative Summary 2016
The 2nd session of the 82nd Legislature came to a close on Saturday the 12th. The Republican-led Legislature continued their work on legislation that would make our state friendlier to the business community by passing bills that attract new industry and promote growth. The two most significant pieces being the legislation to make West Virginia a Right-to-Work state (SB 1) and a bill repealing the Prevailing Wage (HB 4005). The Legislature also continued their work on improving the legal climate in our state and, as promised in the months leading up to the session, addressed much needed regulatory reform.
Members of the Legislature knew the most significant challenge they would face during this session would be dealing with the state’s growing budget deficit for the remainder of the 2016 fiscal year and passing a budget that addressed those problems for 2017. The two chambers passed vastly different budget bills. The Senate’s bill included revenue from the tobacco tax that they passed and the House’s budget bill dipped into the state’s Rainy Day Fund, cut agency budgets by an additional 4.5 percent and swept large portions of the state’s reserve accounts.
Legislative Summary 2015
The Legislature concluded their business for the 60-day 2015 Regular Session at the stroke of midnight on Saturday, March 14th. The Legislature began their extended session to address the state’s budget on Monday, March 16th and concluded their work today.
For the record, 1,607 bills were introduced this session. Legislation was completed on a total of 261 bills (roughly 16% of the bills introduced) including - 135 Senate bills and 126 House bills. The Regular Session ended with 115 casualties that survived “crossover day” by passing the initial chamber in which they were introduced but ultimately did not pass both chambers. Ten percent of the completed legislation was either an appropriations or rules bill. For a complete listing of legislation passed this session, click here.
