W.Va. Senate Candidates Discuss Business Franchise Tax

The current economic climate remains high in the minds of both state Senate candidates for District 14.

Democrat Bob Williams and Republican Gary Howell are both vying for the seat that would represent Barbour, Mineral, Preston, Taylor and Tucker counties as well as part of Grant and Monongalia counties.

"West Virginia has a lot of advantages as a state," Howell said. "We have the natural resources that many states don't have ... Unfortunately, we have a business climate of the Legislature doing the same thing over and over again and that's what hurts us."