Charleston Chamber of Commerce, Current Issues

Charleston Chamber of Commerce, Current Issues

The Charleston Regional Chamber of Commerce is your voice for change, speaking out for reforms that will create jobs, attact investment to our region, improve your bottom line and build a promising future for our families and future genrations of West Virginians. We will be actively engaged on a wide range of issues during the 2010 legislative session, including:   

Business courts

Captive audience communications

Economic Development Act of 2010

Flexibility in issuance of bonds using lottery revenues

Medical criteria for asbestos/silica lawsuits

Reduction of smoking-related health care costs

Research funding

Tax incentive for research & development and start-up sites

Young professional incentives

Healthy Families Act