From The Inter-Mountain of Elkins: Public schools throughout West Virginia are closed because of a work stoppage organized by the state’s two teachers’ unions. The strike is illegal and will affect many students and their families adversely. But it is not difficult to understand why teachers have become so frustrated[Read More…]
Opinion
The Editorial category is a roundup of links to editorials and columns from West Virginia newspapers.
Huntington, WV, officials continue to monitor water levels
By COURTNEY HESSLER and JOSHUA QUALLS The Herald-Dispatch of Huntington HUNTINGTON – Weather officials still expect flooding in the Tri-State through the beginning of the week, but perhaps not as bad as had previously been forecast. The National Weather Service on Friday predicted the Ohio River in Huntington would reach[Read More…]
Editorial: WV Legislature must eliminate Bureaucratic bloat to fix pay, PEIA mess
From the Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Gov. Jim Justice and West Virginia lawmakers spent a lot of time — on the campaign trail and before the start of the legislative session — pounding their fists in outrage at our great state being ranked 50th on so many national lists. “I’m[Read More…]
Editorial: West Virginia must stop postponing school solutions
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: No one has a crystal ball capable of predicting the outcome of the dispute between West Virginia’s three school personnel unions and the state Legislature. But there is one reasonably sure bet: Regardless of what happens regarding salary, health insurance and other disagreements at hand,[Read More…]
At the Capitol: WV teachers to continue walkout; two weeks left in session
By Phil Kabler For the West Virginia Press Association CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Having loomed over the legislative session for weeks, a statewide walkout of teachers and school service personnel came to fruition on the 44th day of the 2018 regular session, as thousands of red-clad protestors filled the state Capitol[Read More…]
Editorial: WV SB 474 sheds light on lawmakers’ fears of transparency; WV House should kill it
From The Register-Herald of Beckley: Consider it ironic that in introducing legislation to shield important facts from the public in regard to public projects funded through the taxpayer-supported road bond, lawmakers had shed light on their own fears of transparency. And that sums up Senate Bill 474, which would keep[Read More…]
Editorial: WV Senate thinking about ways to hide public information; House should dump SB 474
From The Charleston Gazette-Mail: If you want public information in the future, particularly if it involves spending on highways projects, don’t expect the West Virginia Senate to help you get it. The Senate this week sent to the House a bill (Senate Bill 474) to make contractors’ employee wage records[Read More…]
Transparency: What are WV lawmakers hiding with SB 474 bill?
From The Parkersburg News and Sentinel: Only a few short years ago, Republicans leading the charge toward a historic power shift in Charleston were promising a sharp turn away from the bad old days — the way things had always been done. My how times have changed. A hint of[Read More…]
Opinion: The impossible task of ‘fixing’ West Virginia’s PEIA
By MIKE MYER Editor The Intelligencer of Wheeling Many of the public school teachers on strike Thursday and Friday are as upset about health insurance premiums and benefits as they are regarding salaries. “Fix PEIA” — the Public Employees Insurance Agency — signs were common on the picket lines. But[Read More…]
Editorial: WV teachers strike point made
From The Intelligener of Wheeling: In a way, the cold, rainy weather Thursday and Friday was a good thing for teachers picketing in front of area public schools for hours on end. Doubtless virtually all of them would have preferred to have been inside their warm, dry classrooms those days,[Read More…]
