By JAKE JARVIS NCWV Media CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate Democrats are planning to offer two amendments to Gov. Jim Justice’s plan for teacher pay raises — alternatives that could give teachers more than $6,000 extra next year. Senate Bill 267, which provides raises to teachers, service personnel and State Police,[Read More…]
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Mingo County teachers plan walkout next week
By TRAVIS CRUM The Williamson Daily News WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Teachers and staff in Mingo County have decided to hold a one-day walkout next week. They want to show disapproval for proposed changes to health insurance benefits, a change in seniority rights and a lack of raises, said Brandon Wolford, a[Read More…]
Parkersburg-area educators applaud proposed West Virginia PEIA change
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG — Local educators are applauding a planned change to a PEIA program, but teachers in some school systems are looking at a possible walkout to protest low pay and increasing costs. Locally no actions have been announced. The Wood County American[Read More…]
Super-discounted E-ZPass option complicating West Virginia Turnpike toll study
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A traffic and revenue study that will be instrumental in setting West Virginia Turnpike tolls increases to pay off a $500 million road bond issues is taking longer than expected to complete because of difficulties calculating the impact of a unique super-low[Read More…]
Bill to protect clergy from performing marriages passes West Virginia House
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that would give legal protections to religious clergymen who decline to affirm marriages that conflict with their religious beliefs. House Bill 4010 is now en route to the state Senate after its 90-5 passage[Read More…]
West Virginia House OKs bill to protect beliefs of wedding officiants
By TAYLOR STUCK The Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday passed a bill that protects clergy from officiating weddings that are against their sincerely held beliefs. Del. John Shott, R-Mercer, said the bill clarifies current law and protects clergy from any future litigation. “This will[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes free community college bill, with conditions
By RYAN QUINN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate unanimously passed Tuesday a bill to make in-state community and technical colleges tuition free. But Senate Bill 284, which now heads to the House of Delegates, contains multiple requirements students would have to meet to receive the benefit.[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate passes community college bill
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The West Virginia Senate unanimously passed a bill aiming to increase access to community college, with one senator calling it “one giant leap for education” in the Mountain State. The bill would create the West Virginia Invest grant and the Advanced Career[Read More…]
Members continue to work on intermediate appeals court bill
By DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senate Judiciary members continued work on the intermediate appeals court bill Tuesday afternoon, hearing from three witnesses: one against, one for and one from the Supreme Court – more or less neutral. The bill is SB 341. Christopher Morris, Supreme Court[Read More…]
West Virginians at State of the Union concerned about miner pensions, drug crisis
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — Retired Wheeling coal miner Denny Pickens fears miners pension plans are in jeopardy, and he wants Washington, D.C. leaders to do something about it. Likewise, Huntington Fire Chief Jan Rader said issues associated with opioid addiction continue to grow[Read More…]
