By JAKE ZUCKERMAN and RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice signed into law a 5 percent pay raise for public school teachers and school service personnel Tuesday that appears to mark the end of the nine-school-day statewide strike. By 7 p.m., multiple county school systems, including[Read More…]
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Wheeling sixth-grader gets credit, pen from Gov. Jim Justice
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — A copy of the bill giving West Virginia school employees a 5-percent raise and the pen that signed it are on their way to Triadelphia Middle School sixth-grader Gideon Titus-Glover. Gov. Jim Justice has repeatedly said it was his[Read More…]
Specifics on West Virginia PEIA task force still vague
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday he will announce the members of his Task Force on Public Employees Insurance Agency Stability — the new 27-member panel tasked with making state-managed health insurance more efficient and affordable — by Thursday. During a bill-signing ceremony[Read More…]
Teachers, personnel head back to school; will receive 5 percent pay raise
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State leaders Tuesday announced a deal to end a statewide walkout of teachers and service personnel that has lasted for nine days. Wood County and surrounding counties will resume classes today, ending the walkout which began Feb. 22. Wood County[Read More…]
West Virginia Democrats concerned about potential cuts, but happy with pay raise outcome
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — While some celebrated the passage and signing of a 5 percent pay raise for teachers and all state employees, others expressed concern about what kinds of cuts would come down the line. Senate Minority Leader Roman Prezioso said potential cuts to Medicaid worries[Read More…]
West Virginia officials react to strike resolution
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Reaction was swift Tuesday as legislation settling the school walkout in West Virginia reached the governor. The bill signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice at a 3 p.m. press conference approves a 5 percent raise to all state employees, State Police,[Read More…]
Strike over: Schools open after House Bill 4145 passes
By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia public school teachers and staff are expected back in school this morning after Gov. Jim Justice signed a deal into law Tuesday afternoon to end a teacher walkout that has shuttered the state’s public schools since Feb. 22. By a[Read More…]
West Virginia’s oil and gas industry eager for co-tenancy law
By JESS MANCINI The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — The results should be almost immediate after a bill supported by the oil and gas industry and owner associations becomes law, a trade association officer said on Tuesday. House Bill 4268, the Co-tenancy Modernization and Majority Protection Act passed by[Read More…]
West Virginia Promise scholarship application deadlines extended
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With the end of the teacher work stoppage, students interested in applying for West Virginis’s Promise scholarships now have an extended deadline. The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission announced Tuesday it is extending the application deadline for Fall 2018 Promise scholarships[Read More…]
West Virginia legislature advances bills on private school testing, homeschool Promise eligibility
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a bill (House Bill 4183) that would reduce state-mandated standardized testing requirements for most private schools in the near term but also, in the future, more closely align testing requirements in those[Read More…]