Westover News

Bills that appeared dead Saturday -- including a measure authorizing a sales tax increment financing district for a major development project outside of Morgantown, and a bill to increase pay raises for magistrates -- found new life Wednesday as the Legislature convened in special session.

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin says if the Legislature passes two bills during a special session Wednesday night, he will sign them into law.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Going into the final hours of the 2013 legislative session, two unresolved issues dealt with pay raises for magistrates and authorization for a sales tax increment financing district outside Morgantown .