What the new state budget does and doesn't do
By Brad McElhinny, WV MetroNews
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice says a budget he’s allowing to become law without his signature is a travesty.
The budget passed last Friday night by the Legislature does make cuts to a wide variety of state programs.
It’s about $280 million less than what the governor proposed in his State of the State address and almost $125 million less than the budget the...