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By Dave Boucher, Capitol Bureau Chief
Charleston Daily Mail
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin cut nearly $67 million from the 2015 budget before signing the measure into law Thursday.
While Tomblin and other state leaders celebrated a bill later in the day that includes a potential tax credit for The Greenbrier with cake, a National Football League coach and a trumpeter, the governor's calls for fiscal responsibility fell on deaf ears for those affected by the...
By Shauna Johnson
WV MetroNews
Legislation creating the West Virginia Future Fund, a type of endowment fund for the years ahead drawing from a portion of present-day severance tax collections, will become law in June.
State officials said it could be 2019, though, before the first deposits are made into that account.
Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed SB 461 into law on Thursday at the State Capitol.
For several years, Senate President Jeff Kessler (D-Marshall...
By Kera Mashek
WCHS-TV
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- A bill is on Governor Tomblin's desk that would increase teacher pay in West Virginia by $1,000 a year, but that won't make a dent in the disparity of what teachers here earn compared to neighboring states. The state's low pay scale presents significant challenges for schools, but some districts are taking steps to help combat those challenges.
Kristi Gibb is a library media specialist at Vinson Middle School in Wayne County....
By Jessica Farrish
(Beckley) Register-Herald Reporter
BECKLEY — A Raleigh County teacher’s union representative said Tuesday that teachers would like the Raleigh Board of Education to hire a superintendent who will improve teacher morale and implement classroom technology in a way that is relevant to student needs.
Marie Hamrick, West Virginia Education Association-Raleigh County co-president, made her remarks after current Raleigh Schools Superintendent Jim Brown...
By Mackenzie Mays
The Charleston Gazette
The state's only school for deaf and blind students is still looking for a source of funding to make improvements to its outdated facilities.
The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind's current facilities, which were built in 1938, do not meet federal and state standards and pose safety risks to students, but finding an entity to pay for a campus overhaul isn't easy, school superintendent Lynn Boyer said.
Boyer...