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Cheatham: PEIA bill would give finance board more flexibility
By Jeff Jenkins, WV MetroNews
A bill approved Monday by the House of Delegates Finance Committee would give the state PEIA Finance Board more flexibility when it comes to the annual changes in health insurance for active state workers.
The bill (HB 2871) would eliminate the mandated employer versus employee cost share of 80 percent employer, 20 percent employee for PEIA and allow the finance...
State Board of Education to start streaming meeting audio
By Ryan Quinn, The Charleston Gazette-Mail
The West Virginia Board of Education has agreed to begin live-streaming its meetings starting April 12.
At least as far back as July 2015, Bill White, then a board member, had suggested the board consider televising or live-streaming its meetings. As of January of this year, when White was still a member, the board still hadn’t begun doing so, and White...
With legislative session on home stretch, is budget compromise possible?
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — With just about one-third of the West Virginia legislative session remaining, lawmakers and Gov. Jim Justice are feeling each other out over whether there’s room for compromise on their visions for the state budget.
“This process, you have to put something on the table to start the dialogue and the negotiation process and the...
Missing: GOP budget details; please call Senator Unger
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
Earlier this week, Carmichael appeared on “Talkline” with Hoppy Kercheval and said the starting point for cuts would be $50 million from DHHR, $50 million from K-12 education and $50 million from higher education.
Democratic Senator John Unger is asking everyone for help locating the whole Republican budget plan.
Unger is asking his fellow Senators. He...
Education Chair: Common Core is Dead in W.Va.
By Ashton Marra, WV Public Broadcasting
Members of the Senate were supposed to take up a bill Thursday to repeal the Common Core education standards and replace them with Math and English standards written some 20 years ago by California and Massachusetts.
The bill, however, was pushed back for the second day in a row, Thursday after the chamber’s Education chair spoke against it.
Senate Bill 524 would...