By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates will vote Tuesday on an amended bill to increase the pay of teachers, school service personnel and State Police. As passed last week by the Senate, the bill called for a 5 percent pay raise for[Read More…]
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West Virginia teachers, legislators seek solution to teacher pay, insurance woes
By CHRISTINA MYER and EVAN BEVINS The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia’s House of Delegates Monday rejected a 3 percent pay raise for school personnel, and instead opted to advance for a floor vote a 2 percent increase next year followed by one percent raises in each[Read More…]
West Virginia teachers in Northern Panhandle nearing their breaking point
Staff reports The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. – Ahead of a possible strike, about 30 West Virginia teachers gathered outside a business owned by state Senate Majority Leader Ryan Ferns, R-Ohio, Monday afternoon to voice concerns over what they consider low pay and out of control health care[Read More…]
Free public screening set for Heroin(e) documentary, cast panel discussion
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A free, public screening of the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary, Heroin(e), is set for Thursday, Feb. 15, at 7 p.m. The film captures the efforts of three women—a fire chief, a judge and a street missionary— as they battle West Virginia’s devastating opioid epidemic on the front lines. Following the[Read More…]
West Virginia House passes corrections pay raise bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill Monday that would increase salaries of certain corrections employees. The bill, which was requested by the governor, provides for a $2,000 increase over the next three years for employees of the Division of Corrections,[Read More…]
West Virginia public workers want PEIA ‘fixed,’ not ‘frozen’
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The roughly 350-person audience at Monday’s Public Employees Insurance Agency health coverage hearing made clear it wasn’t satisfied with the governor’s current proposal to provide enough additional PEIA funding to stop previously approved benefit cuts from taking effect next fiscal year. “Fix it,[Read More…]
House to vote on bill targeting West Virginia attorney general’s control of settlement funds
By ERIC EYRE Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Legislation to rein in West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s use of lawsuit settlement funds will be up for a final vote today in the House of Delegates. House members modified the bill Monday, reducing the amount of settlement money Morrisey can keep[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate postpones vote on water quality bill
By RUSTY MARKS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Members of the state Senate postponed a vote Monday on a bill that would alter water quality discharge limits in the Mountain State. Senate Bill 290 would change state water quality standards by allowing the secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection to[Read More…]
House committee advances West Virginia SNAP work requirement bill
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A House of Delegates committee sent to the floor Monday a bill that would impose work requirements on people receiving benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. A vast majority of speakers testified against House Bill 4001 at a public hearing Monday morning.[Read More…]
West Virginia House panel amends, backs SNAP bill
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — After a public hearing where the majority of speakers opposed the bill, the House Judiciary Committee amended a bill that would impose work requirements to be eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. House Bill 4001 would implement work requirements for recipients of SNAP[Read More…]
