The Legislature, Day 6: A Sea of Red

As mentioned below, the West Virginia Education Association and its allies converged on the Capitol today, their numbers boosted by the school holiday. The AP has details from the morning rally on the South steps, and looks at the issues involved (the story is also here).

Wearing their traditional red, these teachers and retirees also received props during the day's floor sessions from several lawmakers in both the House and Senate chambers, where they packed the public galleries. But the session has 54 days to go...

The competing American Federation of Teachers-West Virginia produced a large, vocal contingent that demonstrated outside the House Chamber last week, before Gov. Joe Manchin's State of the State address.