By TAYLOR STUCK
The Herald-Dispatch
(West Virginia Legislative Photography photo by Perry Bennett)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Education reform, a 2 percent pay raise for state employees, and oil and gas legislation are all possible topics for West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s State of the State address Wednesday night following the opening of the legislative session.
The governor was working on his address Tuesday afternoon and would not be giving out any advance details of what he plans to say, said Director of Communications Butch Antolini.
The governor’s Chief of Staff Mike Hall said during a press conference announcing an alliance between the 10 institutions of higher education in southern West Virginia on Monday that some form of education reform would be in Justice’s agenda.
Along those lines, Sobonya expects Justice to pick up where he left off last year to give the Development Office within Secretary Woody Thrasher’s Department of Commerce the ability to better sell the state.
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