The Latest: Senate adjourns without voting on teachers' pay
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Latest on a statewide walkout by teachers in West Virginia over pay and benefits (all times local):
2:45 p.m.
The West Virginia Senate has adjourned for the day without taking up the 5 percent pay raise Gov. Jim Justice negotiated with union leaders to end teachers' weeklong walkout.
The pay raise legislation was referred the Senate Finance Committee. Panel chairman Sen. Craig Blair says it won't meet Thursday and wasn't scheduled to meet.
The Martinsburg Republican says it will meet Friday and consider the state budget for next year and other bills.
The Senate's majority Republicans voted earlier Thursday to send the bill to that committee instead of immediately taking it up for floor consideration.