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Justice presser or GOP stump speech?
Phil Kabler, Charleston Gazette Mail; Statehouse Beat
Have to say that in my nearly 29 years of covering the Statehouse, I have never seen a gubernatorial press conference so blatantly political as the one Gov. Jim Justice held last week.
(Actually, I had to watch the video replay since I was covering the impeachment trial, and given Justice's reputation for being notoriously late, I feared the two would overlap.)...
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Less than a year after teachers in West Virginia went on strike for better pay and changes to public health insurance, Governor Jim Justice announced a new plan to help the state employees' public insurance plan.
PEIA, or the Public Employees Insurance Agency, is the health insurance plan for state employees in West Virginia.
Governor Justice announced Tuesday $100M will be put towards PEIA. He also announced that he will introduce a bill to give...
Charleston Gazette Mail, AP
TUNNELTON — The Preston County Board of Education is considering the possibility of closing two schools after residents twice voted down levies to increase funding.
The Dominion Post reports the board voted 3-1 on Monday to conduct public meetings and gather more information before making a final decision...
Hoppy Kercheval- WV Metronews
It has been said, in one form or another, that 80 percent of success is showing up—if we can just overcome inertia and force ourselves to get to work, school or the gym, we improve our chances of reaching a favorable outcome.
That is particularly true in education. The education think tank Attendance Works says across the country more than 8 million students are chronically absent, meaning they are missing ten percent or more school days for both...
WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia Education Association President Dale Lee is urging cooperation between lawmakers, educators and school staff as the academic year gets underway.
Lee, speaking before the state Board of Education last week, said teachers and lawmakers have to act as one unit for the betterment of students.
“When we invest in the students of West Virginia, that’s when we know we can reach huge dividends along the lines,” he...