WEST VIRGINIA GOVERNOR S OFFICE: Gov Justice s new Blue Ribbon Task Force holds first meeting wvrecord.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wvrecord.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Bobby Bordelon |
The West Virginia Daily News Jun 27, 2021
6 hrs ago
West Virginia House Speaker Roger Hanshaw gavels out of the June Special Session of the legislature on June 24. Photo by Perry Bennett/W.Va. Legislative Photography
CHARLESTON â Gov. Jim Justice called the West Virginia Legislature into session on Thursday and requested $250 million be allocated throughout the state government, including to education, tourism, and more.
âThe special session call requests that the Legislature consider over $250 million in supplementary appropriations that Gov. Justice has divided into over 20 different initiatives, among other considerations. â¦. A few of those initiatives include upgrades and expansions to several West Virginia State Parks, upgrades to the Elk River Trail, allocating initial funding to the Economic Development Authorityâs Closing Fund, upgrades to correctional facilities, replenishing the
Governor issues order creating Blue Ribbon Task Force to develop training and education opportunities, providing better jobs for West Virginians
CHARLESTON, WV – Gov. Jim Justice issued an executive order Tuesday, creating a Blue Ribbon Task Force, designed to better integrate the training and certification programs offered through the West Virginia Community and Technical College system and West Virginia’s Workforce Development system, opening the door to better job opportunities for all West Virginians.
“I’ve said many times that we need to do everything in our power to create more and more opportunities to educate and train the hard-working, dedicated West Virginians who make up our workforce,” Gov. Justice said. “By creating this Blue Ribbon Task Force, we’ll have some of our State’s brightest minds all pulling the rope together so that, as more and more businesses move into West Virginia, our people will be ready to fill the numerous high-paying job opportuniti
Jim Justice launches task force for West Virginia training, education opportunities washingtonexaminer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonexaminer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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