CHARLESTON — West Virginia is more than two months into fiscal year 2026, but work has already begun on the draft general revenue budget for 2027 that lawmakers will consider in January.

Officials with the state Department of Revenue on Monday briefed members of the Joint Standing Committee on Finance on the second day of the three-day legislative interim meetings at the State Capitol Building.

Department of Revenue Cabinet Secretary Eric Nelson told committee members that work on the fiscal year 2027 budget is already underway, based in part on the re-implementation of six-year general revenue budget plans under Gov. Patrick Morrisey.

“When I sat in your all’s seats, we didn’t see that the last four or five years,” Nelson said. “So, we’re always looking ahead.”

Nelson said the state d

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