West Virginia Public News Service - Striking teachers are angry about rising health care premiums and eroding benefits from West Virginia's Public Employee Insurance Agency. But what would a real PEIA fix look like? Read.
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Grist.org - The 48th lowest-earning teachers in the country are eight days into a strike that demands a 5 percent pay raise. They’re frustrated by rising health care costs and, y’know, working at Hardee’s on the weekends to make ends meet. Read.
Nottingham Observer - All 55 Counties in West Virginia have canceled school due to the teacher work stoppage. Read.
The New Republic - On Thursday, the public school teachers of West Virginia staged a wildcat strike. Without authorization from either of the state’s two education unions—the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association—teachers walked out to register their dissatisfaction with the government’s response to their grievances. Read.
Huffington Post - Striking teachers and other public employees in West Virginia have shut down schools across the state for more than a week, flooding the capitol in Charleston each day to rebuke their lawmakers. Read.
State Journal - About four hours after receiving official notice that Gov. Jim Justice had increased the state’s revenue projection Wednesday, the House of Delegates passed a bill to give teachers a 5 percent pay raise. Read.
Beckley Register-Herald - Under the banner of “The Time Is Now,” the third Summit on Race Matters in the Greenbrier Valley held a full day of workshops in Lewisburg on Saturday. Read.
Huntington Herald-Dispatch - After two days of work stoppage and picketing at the Capitol and on the streets of their own communities, West Virginia teachers and other state employees will be back at it again Monday, Feb. 26. Read.
Fayette Tribune - Our government is in turmoil due to a paralysis of leadership caused by lobbyists and election year politics. Central to this crisis is a lack of vision — a condition our state has suffered from for over a century. It is time for new ideas and new solutions. Read.
Charleston Gazette-Mail - The House of Delegates passed a bill Tuesday that would impose a work requirement on many adults who receive benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Read.