By ANDREA LANNOM
The Register-Herald
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Gov. Jim Justice told those attending the West Virginia Construction and Design Expo Thursday that the state has awakened a “sleeping giant.”
At a press conference at the Charleston Civic Center, Justice cited statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor, showing West Virginia first in percentage growth of construction jobs last year — 4,300 jobs, or 14.4 percent, according to a report from Associated General Contractors of America.
California added the most construction jobs — 75,500 jobs or 9.8 percent growth — in the last year.
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