He's a disgrace...
West Virginia governor vetoes help for neglected and foster kids after approving tax cuts
Gov. Patrick Morrisey vetoed a handful of bills meant to help vulnerable West Virginians just days after signing a 5% reduction to the personal income tax.
Between the tax cut and aligning some of the state’s business taxes with cuts made by the Trump Administration, the state will be forgoing $230 million in revenue annually.
But the governor balked at the expense of providing help for foster children aging out of the system, home blood pressure monitoring to Medicaid patients or research into new drug treatment options.
In all, he vetoed a dozen bills.
Both the bill to help foster kids transition out of care and another vetoed bill, focused on preventing them from ending up there, would likely have saved the state money in the long run.
The foster care transition bill — which passed both the House and Senate with nearly unanimous approval — would have expanded a statewide pilot program that offers former foster kids help with independent living, finding work, or enrolling in higher education.
http://apnews.com/article/west-virginia-morrisey-vetoes-foster-care-tax-cuts-53d7999ddf3a82d91776669678d6ecf9?
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