Interim Meetings Begin

{Charleston, West Virginia}…State lawmakers are in Charleston this week for the November interim meetings. On Monday, legislative committees heard testimony about the effects of national economic changes on West Virginia's economy and looked at severance tax collections from coal and natural gas. Tuesday, state Board of Education President Wade Linger will be in front of an education subcommittee to detail the Board's response to the comprehensive education efficiency audit that came out in January. Interims for current lawmakers continue at the State House through Wednesday. Lawmakers will meet three more times before the start of the 2013 regular legislative session on Wednesday, February 13th. The scheduled dates for interim meetings between now and then are December 10-12th, January 7-9th and February 10-12th.