W.Va. Officials Question $50M Relief Fund Reallocation

Governing: No one questioned Gov. Jim Justice on Friday, July 10 when he announced that he was cutting in half the amount of CARES Act money to be devoted to road repairs. But the questions remains” What is he not spending the money on?

Justice said Friday that $50 million of the $100 million – out of $1.25 billion in CARES money – he’d channeled to the Division of Highways would go toward broadband expansion, for such things as distance education and telehealth.

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