CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - On Tuesday, West Virginia House Republicans detailed their agenda for the upcoming legislative session, saying they were prioritizing economic development and increasing job opportunities.

According to House Speaker Roger Hanshaw (R-Clay), the first bill House Republicans plan to introduce will be the TEAM West Virginia bill, an economic development plan modeled after Ohio’s JobsOhio program.

JobsOhio is a private, independent nonprofit whose purpose is to bolster Ohio’s economic development.

“We want to implement it here in the concept of TEAM West Virginia, to take economic development into a direction that removes all the political considerations out of it and makes economic development decisions based on what’s best for West Virginians,” Hanshaw said in

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