By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a meeting Monday in Charleston between county superintendents and State Superintendent Dr. Steven Paine, the decision to close school during the employee walkout Thursday and Friday is up to each county superintendent. In a release, AFT-West Virginia, WVEA and WVSSPA said despite negotiation efforts, “We[Read More…]
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MCEA, AFT-WV representatives discuss upcoming work stoppage; school safety coordinator addresses training
By KAITLYN NEFF Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — Representatives from the Marion County Education Association (MCEA) and the American Federation of Teachers of West Virginia (AFT-WV) addressed the Marion County Board of Education regarding the upcoming teacher work stoppage on Thursday and Friday. Also at the meeting, the school safety[Read More…]
Northern Panhandle school districts scramble to prepare for walkout
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Northern Panhandle public school administrators are determining how to address the potential walkout by teachers and service personnel this week. As of Monday, school was still scheduled to be in session on Thursday and Friday, according to administrators, though[Read More…]
WVU Festival of Ideals’ ‘Understanding the Opioid Epidemic’ set for 7:30 p.m. today in Charleston
Panel discussion at Charleston Civic Center is free to public CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Six experts on the state’s opioid crisis will take part in a panel discussion Feb. 20 in the Charleston Civic Center Little Theater as part of West Virginia University’s Festival of Ideas. “Understanding the Opioid Epidemic” starts at[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate votes to fund PEIA with sports betting
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — As teachers and school personnel prepare to strike across West Virginia, partially because of rising health care costs, the state Senate unanimously passed an amendment to direct revenue from sports betting to the Public Employees Insurance Agency’s stabilization fund.[Read More…]
House Finance OKs dedicating surplus to West Virginia PEIA Stability Fund
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A bill originating in the House Finance Ccommittee seeks to dedicate General Fund surplus monies into the Public Employees’ Insurance Agency Stability Fund. Passed by a voice vote, the bill would dedicate 20 percent of surplus money at the end of each budget year to the PEIA[Read More…]
Amendment adopted to provide some funding from sports betting bill to PEIA
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — An amendment seeking to provide a funding stream for the Public Employees Insurance Agency was adopted into a Senate sports betting bill on Monday. The amendment is the second in two weeks seeking to provide funding for PEIA. The Senate permits wagering[Read More…]
West Virginia delegates unaware of impeachment discussion
The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — At least three local lawmakers say they are unaware of any impeachment discussion in the House of Delegates of a sitting Supreme Court justice involved in a purchasing controversy. Senate Resolution 44, which was on the agenda as unfinished business before the[Read More…]
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W.Va. house committee axes bill to stop law enforcement property forfeitures
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — State code allows law enforcement officers to claim ownership of property seized from criminal suspects without convicting them of a crime; the House Judiciary Committee axed a bill Monday that would have changed that. House Bill 4615, the subject of two hours[Read More…]
