By KATE MISHKIN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After passing the Senate Saturday morning, House Bill 4268, or the “co-tenancy bill,” is headed to the governor’s desk. The House of Delegates concurred with the Senate’s changes to the bill’s name on a 58-41 vote Monday morning. The new title is a[Read More…]
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Co-tenancy bill heads to governor’s desk
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The co-tenancy bill is now headed to Gov. Jim Justice’s desk. The bill allows the development of oil and natural gas resources on property with more than seven owners if at least three-fourths of the owners of the same piece of property[Read More…]
House puts GPA criteria back in Promise Scholarship eligibility bill
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates Monday put back into a bill the Promise Scholarship eligibility requirement that says public and private students must have at least a 3.0 high school grade point average “in the required core and elective course work[Read More…]
Delegate asks HEPC to extend deadline to apply for PROMISE Scholarship
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A Jefferson County delegate is asking the state Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) to extend the March 1 deadline for the PROMISE Scholarship until after the end of the statewide teacher walkout. Delegate Jill Upson, R-Jefferson, a member of the House Education Committee,[Read More…]
Ohio Valley restaurant, bar owners want a piece of the sports betting action
By CASEY JUNKINS The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — West Virginia bar owners want a piece of the sports betting action, as they do not believe facilities such as Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack and Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort should “monopolize” the business. “We are a group of restaurant[Read More…]
Thousands of West Virginia teachers crowd the Capitol for eighth day of statewide walkout
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As West Virginia students were missing an eighth consecutive day of classes on Monday and school administrators in all 55 counties called off classes for Tuesday, some state senators were peeved with what they saw as a lack of urgency in addressing[Read More…]
Committee on pay raises adjourns until Tuesday
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the last county in the state called off school for the ninth day in a row due to a strike, the conference committee formed to reconcile differences between the House of Delegates and Senate plans to give teachers and other state[Read More…]
Committee fails to come together on differences; West Virginia teacher strike continues
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN and RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Public schools across West Virginia will remain closed Tuesday as a conference committee composed of House of Delegates and Senate members failed to reconcile their differences on legislation granting pay raises to teachers and school service personnel Monday evening.[Read More…]
Schools remain closed as Legislature debates raises
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Schools will remain closed today despite an initial meeting between state House and Senate representatives to work on a pay raise bill for teachers, service personnel and other public employees. All 55 counties canceled classes for the ninth day as[Read More…]
Marion County teacher feels skeptical about conference committee
By WENDY HOLDREN The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In the second row of a gallery full of spectators, a Marion County teacher types notes on her cell phone. Crystal Adkins, a special education teacher at Rivesville Elementary School, is listening intently. Legislative conference committee members and representatives from Gov. Jim Justice’s office are discussing[Read More…]
