The regional bureau of The Associated Press, shares 10 things you need to know Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018. Look for full stories on these late-breaking news items and much more in West Virginia newspapers. 1. ‘IT WAS GOING TO BE HIM’ Students who knew Nikolas Cruz, who police say killed[Read More…]
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Around the Rotunda: Legislative, committee schedule for Thursday, Feb. 15
Watch WV Legislature Live each day at http://www.legis.state.wv.us/live.cfm Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018 37th Day of the Legislative Session Rotunda and social activities: xx SENATE: Senate Convenes at 11 a.m. On the Agenda: RESOLUTIONS SR 43: Designating February 15, 2018, as WV Alzheimer’s Association Day UNFINISHED BUSINESS SCR 20: Requesting Bureau for[Read More…]
West Virginia House passes pay raise 98-1; critics warn it will not avert teachers’ strike
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Despite many delegates dismissing a 2 percent pay raise package as inadequate or merely symbolic, the West Virginia House of Delegates passed its pay increase proposal for teachers, school service personnel and other state employees on a 98-1 vote Tuesday. Senate Bill 267[Read More…]
W.Va. teachers rally for support at Wood County BOE meeting
By MICHAEL ERB The Parkersburg News and Sentinel PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Wood County teachers turned out in force at Tuesday’s Wood County Board of Education meeting, holding an informational picket and filling the auditorium at Jefferson Elementary Center. Many teachers held signs calling on the West Virginia Legislature to improve pay[Read More…]
Hancock BOE: Teachers’ pay needs increased
By STEVE RAPPACH The Weirton Daily Times NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — The Hancock County Board of Education passed a resolution Monday letting state officials know it believes a 1 percent raise for teachers isn’t enough. The resolution asks the executive and legislative branches of the West Virginia state government to[Read More…]
Brooke County BOE backs teachers
By WARREN SCOTT The Weirton Daily Times WELLSBURG, W.Va. — Brooke County school officials issued a statement Monday in support of teachers seeking better pay and benefits from the state and recognized a Brooke High School science teacher for securing state funds to educate students about health and medicine. Superintendent Toni[Read More…]
West Virginia House says 2 percent raises for teachers will do
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer and Wheeling News-Register WHEELING, W.Va. — The West Virginia House of Delegates on Tuesday cautiously approved raises for state police, teachers and school personnel, with many lawmakers saying the raises weren’t enough. They said the raises are comparable to “handing out Christmas hams” to employees.[Read More…]
Democratic candidate turns House of Delegates eviction into $45k fundraising haul
By JAKE ZUCKERMAN Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Getting escorted out of a public hearing while yelling West Virginia’s state motto might have been a best-case scenario for Lissa Lucas’ political future. On Friday, Lucas, who is running as a Democrat for the House of Delegates in the 7th District, spoke[Read More…]
Proposed budget would slash Chesapeake Bay cleanup funds
By JOHN McVEY The Journal MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — If President Donald Trump’s proposed budget that was unveiled Monday is adopted, funding for the Chesapeake Bay cleanup program would be reduced by more than 90 percent, according to an Associated Press report. “We’ve had that confirmed, and it would be devastating to[Read More…]
West Virginia Law Review symposium to explore range of Appalachian issues
WVU Today MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — More than 80 national and regional experts will address issues that affect those who live Appalachia every day including: health care; veterans; oil, gas and coal; civil rights; broadband expansion; economic development; criminal justice and educational and legal reform at a symposium to be held[Read More…]
