By MIKE MYER Executive Editor The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.VA. — Pay is only part of the problem, in the minds of many public school teachers in West Virginia. To them, PEIA is the very dirtiest of the dirty four-letter words. At two strokes, Gov. Jim Justice has both[Read More…]
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W.Va. teachers wear red, seek green at Charleston rally
BY DAVID BEARD The Dominion Post CHARLESTON — Red-shirted teachers and service workers packed the Capitol’s main floor so tightly Feb. 2 it was hard to squeeze between bodies to walk from the House to the Senate. The shirts contained various outlines of the state and were printed with phrases[Read More…]
Editorial: WV needs help to battle addiction where it is worst
From The Intelligencer of Wheeling: Battling the substance abuse epidemic in West Virginia cannot be a matter of bureaucratic formulas and politics as usual in Washington. The federal government needs to do more about drugs in the Mountain State. To many members of Congress and, no doubt, to most people[Read More…]
Opinion: W.VA. House of Delegates Report week ending Feb. 2
By Jared Hunt WV House of Delegates Communications Director CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The House of Delegates finished its fourth week of the 2018 regular session with much of the attention focused on how to best structure pay increases and health insurance for teachers and state employees. As the state Senate[Read More…]
WV Northern Panhandle educators say no current plans for teacher walkout
By JOSELYN KING The Intelligencer of Wheeling WHEELING, W.Va. — Teachers in some parts of West Virginia are walking out of their classrooms to protest a proposed 1 percent pay raise, but such sentiment isn’t yet being raised in the Northern Panhandle, according to local educators. Officials in Hancock, Ohio, Marshall[Read More…]
WV roads, electricity and drugs all discussed at WVPA legislative breakfast
By Rusty Marks The State Journal CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Highways officials, contractors and trade association representatives can’t say exactly how many jobs will be created by Gov. Jim Justice’s almost $3 billion road construction program. But they insist they want as many of the jobs to go to West Virginians[Read More…]
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West Virginia Senate debates teacher pay raise amendments
By ANDREA LANNOM The Register-Herald CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Significant debate consumed Thursday’s Senate floor session on two amendments offered by Democrats that would increase teachers’ salaries beyond the governor’s proposed 1 percent before the amendments ultimately failed along party lines. Earlier this week, Senate Bill 267 was advance to the[Read More…]
West Virginia Senate rejects larger teacher pay hikes; Justice proposes easing PEIA premiums
By PHIL KABLER Charleston Gazette-Mail CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As at least three southern West Virginia counties announced school closures Friday because of planned teacher walkouts, the state Senate Thursday debated at length, but rejected two proposals to increase teacher pay raises beyond the series of 1 percent hikes sought by[Read More…]
Lawmakers discuss West Virginia’s economic future, drug epidemic
By BRETT DUNLAP The Parkersburg News and Sentinel CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawmakers are working on four pillars they believe will move the state economically forward. House of Delegates Speaker Tim Armstead, R-Kanawha, told members of the West Virginia Press Association Thursday that the four were the state’s tax structure, infrastructure,[Read More…]