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Campus carry bill dies in the WV House of Delegates

March 02, 2018 10:59·
Campus carry bill dies in the WV House of Representatives

Campus carry bill dies in the WV House of Representatives

The House legislation would give a 5 percent raise to teachers, service personnel and State Police troopers, with additional raises for other state employees to be addressed in the coming days.

Together, teachers said they will stand united until a fix is made.

Senate Bill 942, better known as the Historic Triangle Bill, was passed by the Virginia State Senate on Wednesday. Almost half the schools in the state announced Friday's closures before 4 p.m.

But the Senate's Republican majority voted 20-14 against taking the bill to an immediate floor vote Thursday and instead sent it to the Finance Committee, which won't meet until Friday.

Sen. Craig Blair, R-Berkeley, who is head of the Senate Finance Committee, said the group will meet today but will be looking at the budget as a whole and would not be focusing exclusively on pay increases, PEIA or HB 4151.

The Senate goes back into session at 11 a.m. Thursday.

He said he was very concerned that 40 of West Virginia's 55 counties have excess school levies going before voters in May, and the pay raise bill could negatively affect their outcomes.

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Carmichael said lawmakers remain "skeptical" about the governor's revised revenue estimates and must take "due diligence" in reviewing those numbers.

Sen. Tom Takubo, a Charleston Republican, says they have to be fiscally responsible and the more important issue is finding a funding source to stabilize the public employees' insurance plan.

Moore said House Bill 4298 was not on Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee agenda. Mitch Carmichael, (R) Jackson - Senate President. "Then they said use the money for PEIA, and now they're back to the raise". The full House of Delegates is expected to consider the legislation shortly. The Senate is expected to consider it Thursday.

Justice claimed he hoped Wednesday would be a "cooling off" day and teachers and service personnel would return to work Thursday, but his hopes were quickly shot down when many teachers believed his proposal of gathering a task force to fix PEIA if the pay raise passes was not a definite solution.

Despite orders from the governor, state superintendent and union leaders to go back to the classroom, teachers are already lining up at the state Capitol in Charleston for day six of the statewide strike.

Alsop also said there "could be significant cost associated with protecting areas", which could come from increased law enforcement in areas where concealed carry is allowed and the installation of metal detectors.

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