West Virginia Gov.-elect Jim Justice still owes millions in taxes [View all]

Companies owned by governor-elect Jim Justice continue to owe millions of dollars in taxes to the state of West Virginia, as the billionaire begins to organize his administration and the state government slashes spending on Medicaid and education.

The Raleigh County Clerk’s Office confirmed Wednesday that Justice’s Kentucky Fuel Corp. is still delinquent on millions of dollars in coal severance taxes the company owes to the state, including a $1.14 million tax lien from 2014 that made up nearly a third of the delinquent severance taxes for that year.

The unpaid state taxes were originally reported by NPR in an investigation published in October that found that Justice owed nearly $15 million in taxes and unpaid federal mine safety fines. It also found that Justice reneged on multi-million-dollar philanthropic promises to the Boy Scouts of America and the Cleveland Clinic.

Justice, through campaign spokesman Grant Herring, refused multiple requests for an interview to discuss his businesses and unpaid taxes.

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