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The governor of West Virginia is the head of government of West Virginia [2] and the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. [3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws, [2] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the West Virginia Legislature, [4] to convene the legislature at any time, [5] and, except when prosecution has been carried out by the House of ...
West Virginia Capitol Building. The Government of West Virginia is modeled after the Government of the United States, with three branches: the executive, consisting of the Governor of West Virginia and the other elected constitutional officers; the legislative, consisting of the West Virginia Legislature which includes the Senate and the House of Delegates; and the judicial, consisting of the ...
James Conley Justice II [2] (born April 27, 1951) is an American businessman and politician who is a United States senator-elect from West Virginia.A member of the Republican Party, he has served as the 36th governor of West Virginia since 2017.
Certain sexual assaults against a spouse will now be criminalized in West Virginia for the first time under a law signed Friday by Republican Gov. Jim Justice. Until 1976, a married person couldn ...
West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a law Friday that supporters say promotes the free exchange of ideas in science classrooms, despite objections from opponents who said the vaguely ...
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice's family is millions of dollars behind on payments to employees' health insurance fund at their financially beleaguered hotel, putting workers' coverage at risk ...
A Republican, he was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates representing District 35 from 2013 to 2017. [2] On February 28, 2023, he announced he would run for governor of West Virginia to attempt to succeed term limited governor Jim Justice. [3] However, in July 2023 he announced that he would run for attorney general instead. [4]
Stephen Taylor Williams (born 1955/1956) [3] is an American politician who served as the 47th mayor of Huntington, West Virginia from 2013 to 2025. Williams previously served as Huntington's city manager, a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates, and a member of the Huntington City Council.