By Jake Zuckerman The Charleston Gazette Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Education union leaders said Saturday the statewide teacher and school service personnel work stoppage will continue indefinitely, after the state Senate and House of Delegates couldn’t agree how large of a pay raise to give teachers and school workers. On[Read More…]
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W.Va. State Senate passes the natural gas co-tenancy bill
By David Beard The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The mineral tract co-tenancy bill moved one step closer to the governor’s desk Saturday, passing the Senate, 23-11, and returning to the House for concurrence on a minor amendment. Saturday’s floor arguments for and against the bill were essentially the same[Read More…]
Editorial: WV Senate being prudent with ‘show me the money’
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: West Virginia Republican state senators were criticized by some this weekend for not allowing an immediate vote on a plan formulated by Gov. Jim Justice to augment pay raises already granted to West Virginia public school employees. But senators were right to insist a committee[Read More…]
As debate of legislation continues, West Virginia schools could be out indefinitely
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING — Teachers and school superintendents now are left pondering whether there will be school Monday — or any time next week — after the West Virginia Senate on Saturday night, passed out a pay raise bill dropping a proposed pay raise for public[Read More…]
WV Senate advances oil and natural gas drilling co-tenancy bill
By Kate Mishkin The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A controversial oil and gas bill passed the West Virginia Senate Saturday morning — the farthest a bill with similar goals has ever gotten. House Bill 4268, or the so-called “co-tenancy” bill, passed 23-11 during a floor session, but not without more[Read More…]
WV Gov. Justice: ‘Mistakes and differences aside – We’ve got to get our kids back to school’
CHARLESTON, WV – “While everyone is focused on the mistakes, my focus is solely on getting our children back to school,” said Gov. Jim Justice. After the State Senate on Saturday rejected his proposal to raise the pay for teachers, school service personnel and the state police to 5 percent and reduce it to 4[Read More…]
Editorial: WV Education, alone, could use a task force, too
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: We are not sure as of this writing where legislation regarding teacher pay and benefits will end up at day’s end. A bill that would provide a 5 percent pay raise is currently parked in a Senate committee. Likewise, we don’t know what to make[Read More…]
Editorial: WV schools should review safety preparations, access issues
From The Herald Dispatch of Huntington: The recent school shooting in Florida quickly revived and expanded the national debate about access to guns. Student survivors have campaigned for more restricted sales of semi-automatic weapons, and many states are looking at initiatives to help keep guns out of the hands of people[Read More…]
Gov. Justice wants to see WV teacher pay raise bill passed Saturday
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice and school superintendents agree that a 5 percent pay raise must be passed by the Senate Saturday, with the governor warning, “It has to happen” or “we spiral off into no-man’s land.” County superintendents also threw their weight behind the[Read More…]
WV Press InSight: Could suspension of WV legislative rules impact teachers pay raise bill?
WV Press InDepth talks with AARP WV on legislation impacting residents 50 plus and families WVPA Staff Report CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teachers remain on strike across West Virginia – now waiting to see if the West Virginia Senate will support the latest salary plan suggested by Governor Jim Justice and[Read More…]
