By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Paying for 5 percent across-the-board pay raises for teachers, school service personnel and other state employees without raising taxes or fees will require cutting the proposed 2018-19 state budget by at least $82 million — cuts legislative leaders said Tuesday will include[Read More…]

By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice said Tuesday he will announce the members of his Task Force on Public Employees Insurance Agency Stability — the new 27-member panel tasked with making state-managed health insurance more efficient and affordable — by Thursday. During a bill-signing ceremony[Read More…]

The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va.  — Reaction was swift Tuesday as legislation settling the school walkout in West Virginia reached the governor. The bill signed into law by Gov. Jim Justice at a 3 p.m. press conference approves a 5 percent raise to all state employees, State Police,[Read More…]

By JIM McCONVILLE The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia public school teachers and staff are expected back in school this morning after Gov. Jim Justice signed a deal into law Tuesday afternoon to end a teacher walkout that has shuttered the state’s public schools since Feb. 22. By a[Read More…]

By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate is set to vote Wednesday on a bill (House Bill 4183) that would reduce state-mandated standardized testing requirements for most private schools in the near term but also, in the future, more closely align testing requirements in those[Read More…]

By KAITLYN NEFF and EDDIE TRIZZINO Times West Virginian CHARLESTON, W.Va.  – On Tuesday afternoon, West Virginia legislation approved a budget dedicating a 5 percent pay raise to all state public employees in July. School employees from around the state were present as Governor Jim Justice signed the Senate-approved bill[Read More…]