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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has come to the decision to delay the implementation of a tax reporting requirement found in the American Rescue Plan by one year.Normally, only taxpayers who exceed 200 transactions totaling $20,000 in a tax year would be issued a 1099-K tax form by the IRS, but in the American Rescue Plan, “any electronic payments and transactions from online platforms, apps, or payment card processors equal to $600 will qualify for the 1099-K... Read More

Women’s teams representing the U.S. will finally see equal pay with the mens teams.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va, championed the bill to make that happen, introducing the bipartisan Equal Pay for Team USA Act in 2019 along with Maria Cantwell, D-Wash, and re-introduced earlier this year.The legislation was submitted after the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team sued for equal pay.Although the women’s team has had far greater success in World Cup and other tournaments, they still make far less... Read More

U.S. Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) and U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) have introduced legislation that would protect Americans from a new tax liability by delaying the implementation of the 1099-K tax change that was included in the American Rescue Plan Prior to the American Rescue Plan, 1099-K forms were issued by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to taxpayers who exceeded 200 transactions totaling $20,000 in a tax year, Sen. Capito’s office said. Next year, under the American Rescue Plan,... Read More

The Equal Pay for Team USA Act, introduced by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), passed in the House of Representatives in a 350-59 vote, according to a press release from the Senator’s office. The bipartisan bill passed unanimously in the Senate earlier this month, now needing only President Biden’s signature to become law. The act is meant to ensure equal pay and benefits for all athletes that represent the United States in the Olympics or in global athletic competitions, regardless of their... Read More

The Southern Appalachian Labor School will be receiving $107,980 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to rehabilitate 10 homes for low and very low-income individuals in Fayette, Nicholas, Kanawha and Raleigh counties.The grant is part of nearly $2.2 million being sent to 18 different projects throughout the state as jointly announced in a press release from Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va.The funding, through the ag department’s rural development program, will... Read More

U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. Carol Miller (R-WV) introduced legislation to delay the implementation of a provision in the American Rescue Plan that lowers the threshold to receive a 1099-K form from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).Their bill, the Emergency Taxpayer Paperwork and Audit Relief Act, will provide House with more time to raise this threshold. Prior to the American Rescue Plan, 1099-K forms were issued by the IRS to taxpayers who exceeded 200 transactions totaling... Read More

MORGANTOWN – The fate of the Title 42 immigration policy remains up in the air as proponents and opponents await U.S. Supreme Court Action.Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito had both celebrated that Chief Justice John Roberts had put a pause on Title 42 expiring on Wednesday, Dec. 21, but the Biden administration still wants to end it.Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday issued the order pausing the expiration of the policy pending further court action, and gave the Department of Justice... Read More

A bipartisan group of lawmakers urged House leadership to bring up a chamber vote on proposed legislation that would require athletes representing the U.S. to receive equal compensation and benefits regardless of gender.In a letter sent Monday to the offices of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), the group called for a vote on the Equal Pay for Team USA Act, saying sports organizations are still not... Read More

West Virginia’s senators say they support action by U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts to at least temporarily hold in place a policy known as Title 42, allowing swift expulsion of migrants to their country of origin or to Mexican border towns.Title 42, which was a pandemic-era policy, was set to expire Wednesday. The policy gives the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the authority to deny entry to people from countries where there is an outbreak of an infectious disease.Roberts put a... Read More

A Federal Highway Administration memo on implementing the infrastructure bill passed in the fall of 2021 is now open to congressional review.An inquiry from Republican senators has prompted the Government Accountability Office to determine that the memo was in fact a rule and is open to congressional review. The senators say it makes policies unintended by Congress.Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., is ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. She pushed for the memo... Read More

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that was passed by the U.S. Senate last week may not have included federal permitting reform, but West Virginia will reap benefits from the annual act needed up primarily update defense spending needs.The act passed 83-11 with both West Virginia senators supporting it.“After too long a delay, I am pleased that Congress has finally passed legislation that demonstrates our continued support of our military, especially during these challenging times,”... Read More

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released a draft of a map detailing broadband availability across the U.S., but unlike previous versions, residents can now challenge the accuracy of the information about their internet.For years, the FCC has generalized broadband coverage, and the data did not accurately reflect internet access in rural areas.Kelly Workman, director of the West Virginia Office of Broadband, said they’ve already found 138,000 instances where the map wrongly... Read More

WYOMING COUNTY (LOOTPRESS) — Today, U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $25 million in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to help construct a segment of the Coalfields Expressway between West Virginia Route 16 and the City of Mullens.“When the EPW Committee was crafting the surface transportation bill,... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (WOWK) — U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced $25 million in funding to build a portion of the Coalfields Expressway in West Virginia.The money will go toward the segment of the road between State Route 16 and Mullens in Wyoming County.Once finished, the expressway will be a limited-access, multi-lane expressway connecting the West Virginia Turnpike (Interstate 64E/I-77S) at Beckley, West Virginia, and Slate, Virginia.Our Bipartisan... Read More

Grant funding totaling $25 million is going towards the Coalfields Expressway in the southern part of the state.The money comes from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and will go towards the construction of a new segment of road connecting the north end of Mullens in Wyoming County to the segment of West Virginia Route 16 east of New Richmond.The proposed four-lane highway has been in development on-and-off since 1998. When completed, it will connect Interstates 64 and 77, also... Read More

Federal funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will keep the Coalfields Expressway moving forward.On Monday, U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., ranking member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced $25 million in funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to help construct a segment of the Coalfields Expressway between Mullens and W.Va. 16.“That’s... Read More

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new federal highways program will result in $25 million for the under-construction Coalfields Expressway in southern West Virginia.U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito and Joe Manchin announced the funding in a Monday news release.Capito said she pushed for what’s called the Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program when negotiations were taking place in Congress on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.“We are seeing the benefits of that program come to fruition,”... Read More

HUNTINGTON — Flood prevention projects for Cabell County and throughout West Virginia received funding Thursday night as the U.S. Senate passed the national defense bill.Required annually by the National Defense Authorization Act, the bill provides nearly $858 billion to support troops and enhance national security, both across the nation and internationally. While the main purpose of the bill is to fund the military, contained within the 4,408-page document is the Water Resources Development... Read More

CHARLESTON, WV (LOOTPRESS) – Today, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Congresswoman Carol Miller (R-W.Va.-03) introduced the Emergency Taxpayer Paperwork and Audit Relief Act, legislation to delay the implementation of the Democrat budget gimmick in the American Rescue Plan that lowers the threshold for Americans to receive a 1099-K form from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).“The Democrats’ so-called ‘American Rescue Plan,’ which contributed largely to our high inflation economy,... Read More

With only days left before the scheduled expiration of Title 42 at the southern border, legislators, including both U.S. Senators from West Virginia, are trying to get an extension.Title 42 was initiated by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) during the Trump administration in 2020 in response to the pandemic and directed the U.S. to turn away migrants at the border as a precaution to avoid the spread of COVIID.President Joe Biden continued the precaution when he was elected, except for... Read More