ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.VA. — Saying an extended walkout is “unnecessary,” legislative leadership and the governor said Friday that the state is doing all it can afford at this time. … In an unanticipated mini-press conference on Friday, Gov. Jim Justice said he hoped there would not be[Read More…]
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Gov. Justice won’t rule out seeking injunction to end WV teacher strike
By Jake Jarvis The State Journal of Charleston CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice said teachers need to return to their classrooms, and added that families should not have to worry about finding child care during the “terrible disruption” of the teacher strike. Speaking to a group of reporters just before union leaders[Read More…]
WV public school employee strike to continue Monday
By Ryan Quinn The Charleston Gazette-Mail West Virginia public school employees will continue their statewide strike Monday, for a third consecutive school day, leaders of their three major unions announced Friday afternoon. Up until the announcement — at a news conference that was packed with around 80 people about 10 minutes[Read More…]
Governor Justice won’t say how often he’s at WV Capitol; denies FOIA request
By Jake Zuckerman The Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice is a hard man to find these days. Unions representing teachers and school service personnel announced Friday that they are continuing their walkout Monday; tensions are high between lawmakers who have been needling one another in floor speeches and[Read More…]
WV Teacher walkout will continue Monday in all 55 counties
By Andrea Lannom The Register-Herald of Beckley CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Teachers and school personnel in all of the state’s 55 counties will continue their walkout Monday, the leadership of the two teacher unions announced Friday afternoon. “We have not seen appropriate progress on teachers, professional personnel and service personnel and that’s why we’re[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…]
