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Compensation to increase for caregivers of disabled family members

The Justice administration announced some relief in the longstanding issue of reimbursement rates for the companies providing support for families taking care of loved ones with disabilities. Providers have been notified that the Bureau for Medical Services will increase compensation by 15% on Oct. 1, according to an announcement by the Justice administration. Gov. Jim Justice discussed the increased rates during his weekly administration briefing. Justice said he is proud of the move. He described the work his administration has done over the years to help people move off the ...

Justice mining companies are all broke

Early this month, lawyers representing federal agencies asked for 23 coal companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family to be held in contempt because over the past year they have made late payments or no payments at all on a settlement agreement over mine safety fines. Now, a lawyer for the Justice coal companies is responding in court that there’s a good reason: The companies have empty pockets. A filing this week on behalf of the Justices has a subsection in all capital letters titled, “DEFENDANTS HAVE NO ABILITY TO PAY.” “While the Defendants have not entirely ...

Justice promises Greenbrier employees won’t lose health insurance

Gov. Jim Justice, whose family owns The Greenbrier Hotel Corp., promised employees at the resort won’t go without health insurance. “There is no way that the great union employees at The Greenbrier are going to go without insurance. There is no possible way,” Justice said in a statewide administration briefing in response to a question by WCHS television reporter Bob Aaron. “And I’ll promise you to the good lord above that insurance payments have been made and were being made on a regular basis just like we’ve done in the past in many ways.” However, in response to a ...

Lawsuit contends Greenbrier took $35M pandemic relief loan, paid nothing back

The Greenbrier Hotel Corp., owned by Gov. Jim Justice’s family, faces yet another financial strain — a $36 million lawsuit filed over a defaulted loan that was part of the federal government’s response to the economic threats of the COVID-19 pandemic. First Guaranty Bancshares filed the lawsuit last month in federal court for the Middle District of Louisiana, where the bank is headquartered. The bank has a West Virginia connection through the chairman of its board, Marshall Reynolds, the Huntington businessman who owns Chapman Printing. The Greenbrier Hotel Corp. is made up ...

City, county each put up $500,000 to aid Richwood refinancing

MORGANTOWN — Russ Rogerson, president and CEO of the Morgantown Area Partnership, told members of the Monongalia County Commission on Wednesday that the Richwood redevelopment project has green lights ahead.  But, to continue the analogy, it needs a little gas money.  In ...