CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The Latest on a statewide walkout by teachers in West Virginia over pay and benefits (all times local):6 p.m.Officials say public schools in all 55 of West Virginia’s counties will remain closed as a walkout by teachers and school service personnel enters its seventh day. The West Virginia Senate has adjourned for the day without taking up the 5 per cent pay raise Gov. Jim Justice and union leaders to end the statewide walkout that has closed public schools for a week. Public schools were cancelled in all 55 West Virginia counties Thursday, the day they originally were scheduled to return to the classroom. The House of Delegates on Wednesday approved a 5 per cent pay raise for teachers in the first year.

Source: National Post March 01, 2018 14:03 UTC