Educators want more than one-percent pay raise By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Northern Panhandle teachers believe they are worth more than the 1 percent or 2 percent yearly raise for them being considered by the West Virginia Legislature, while they also believe students are[Read More…]
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Editorial: WV legislature should get bigger ‘take’ from sports bets
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Five and one-half million dollars doesn’t even amount to chicken feed in the context of the billions of dollars wagered on sports every year in the United States. Yet that is one estimate, by some in the state Senate, of how much West Virginia government[Read More…]
Opinion: Responsible timbering in WV state parks makes sense
By Kenneth Cobb Outdoors Columnist The Inter-Mountain of Elkins Improving the health of West Virginia’s State Parks is the objective of Senate Bill SB270 and House Bill HB4082. Gov. Jim Justice appears to be in favor of this legislation. According to State Park officials, West Virginia’s 81,000 acres of forested[Read More…]
Q&A on two WV abortion bills — including a constitutional amendment
By Erin Beck The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Earlier this legislative session, West Virginia lawmakers began working to pass a bill they hoped would undo a 1993 state Supreme Court decision and allow them to ban nearly all Medicaid-funded abortions in the state. Later, they introduced a resolution meant to[Read More…]
W.Va. legislative bills reducing teacher, homeschool scholarship requirements advance
By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates is scheduled Monday to take up possible amendments to a bill (HB4407) that would erase the requirement that those wanting to become teachers through alternative certification must already have an “academic major or occupational area the same[Read More…]
Editorial: For W.Va. SB 284, education means jobs
The Dominion Post of Morgantown: What does free education have to do with free enterprise? Many might think, “Nothing,” but a unanimous state Senate declared “Everything” last week. In a 34-0 vote, the Senate approved SB 284, which increases access to community and technical college. Though as initially skeptical of[Read More…]
Editorial: Déjà vu all over again? W.Va. legislators giving business tax breaks, while cutting social, public funding
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: We are not sure what set of statistics or nonpartisan reports our legislators in Charleston are studying – if any – but clearly they are not giving much yard to those that speak to the realities on the ground here in West Virginia. Maybe they[Read More…]
W.Va. legislators meet with public education employees in Marion County
By Eddie Trizzino Times West Virginian FAIRMONT, W.Va. — On Saturday morning, public education workers from Marion County and beyond met with West Virginia representatives for a discussion on legislation. The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and Marion County Education Association (MCEA) hosted the panel so these employees could voice their thoughts[Read More…]
Editorial: WV public deserves to know how bond money is spent; SB 474 is a bad idea
From The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Not so long ago, West Virginia Auditor J.B.McCuskey garnered praise for plans to launch a new program that would give all residents the ability to monitor state spending. “Part of the auditor’s job, in my opinion, and it is part of my duty to[Read More…]
Opinion: West Virginia Forward gaining traction in WV Legislature and across state
By Dr. E. Gordon Gee, President, West Virginia University; Dr. Jerome Gilbert, President, Marshall University; and H. Woody Thrasher, Cabinet Secretary, West Virginia Department of Commerce On the heels of Governor Justice’s State of the State address and the start of the Legislative session, many ideas and strategies for the[Read More…]