WV Legislative Interims: Pensions and Retirement Committee hears Social Security coverage update, debates PEW report

WV Press Association Staff Report

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – “I finally come to you with some good news – we are finally getting into the votes for social security.”

That’s how Austin McVey, director of Social Security for the State Auditor’s Office, began his testimony before the Legislature’s Joint Standing Committee on Pensions and Retirement on Tuesday. McVey was on-hand to provide an update on the state’s plan to extend Social Security benefits to members of…