By SEAN McNAMARA Times West Virginian MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — In the final stop of a series of town hall meetings Monday that began in Wheeling before going to Martinsburg and, finally, Morgantown, Gov. Jim Justice spoke to teachers and service personnel and heard their concerns Monday at University High School. Originally[Read More…]
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Governor Jim Justice’s words in Wheeling not well-received by teachers
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Ohio County public school teachers and service employees stood on the picket lines Monday with pursed lips and a universal “no comment” after West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice told them “you need to be back in the classroom.” They[Read More…]
Senate President says West Virginia teachers on strike are being ‘disrespectful’
By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate President Mitch Carmichael, R-Jackson, said West Virginia teachers on strike have been “disrespectful” to the legislative process, and they should go back to work. That came Monday after a small group of teachers in the Senate gallery loudly shamed Republican senators[Read More…]
Justice calls for special session to address co-tenancy, says he’d veto the bill
By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice took a swing at the oil and gas industry’s biggest bill of the session Monday morning, saying he might veto the measure if it continues through the Senate. Justice, speaking at a town hall meeting with teachers at Wheeling Park[Read More…]
Northern Panhandle teachers say they face mountains of college loan debt
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Now in her fourth year as a special education teacher in Brooke County, Ashleigh Gurskey said she still faces about $50,000 worth of student loan debt — and estimates that a planned 2 percent pay raise will cover about[Read More…]
Fairmont Senior High School students join picket lines alongside their teachers
By EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. – Seeing teachers throughout the state fighting for better rights as public workers is problematic for Anna Runyan in more ways than one. The Fairmont Senior High School (FSHS) senior has been out of class along with the rest of the state’s[Read More…]
Justice tells school workers to end walkout; proposes natural gas special session to fund PEIA
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Telling public school employees it is in their best interest to end the three-day walkout and return to their schools, Gov. Jim Justice on Monday proposed leveraging the natural gas industry’s desire for co-tenancy/joint development legislation to include an increase in severance[Read More…]
Bill to legalize sports betting at casinos advances to West Virginia House floor
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to legalize sports betting at state casinos — pending a favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning a federal law banning it — advanced to the full House of Delegates Monday after winning approval in House Finance. Finance Committee members made no[Read More…]
WVONGA, Senate President react to governor’s suggestion of special session to address oil and gas
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Following Gov. Jim Justice suggesting he would like to see a special session to deal with energy issues and would likely veto a co-tenancy bill as it stands, the West Virginia Oil and Gas Association (WVONGA) voiced its concerns with the governor’s[Read More…]
