Governor Justice says West Virginia is the answer to the country’s energy problems. In a seventeen-minute address to the lower rotunda at the State Capitol he focused on Russia’s targeting of innocent civilians in the war in Ukraine. He says the country needs to be energy independent and West Virginia is the solution to fuel the nation’s energy needs with coal, oil, and natural gas.
Governor Justice will ask the Legislature for five-million-dollars to help repair a bombed out hospital in Ukraine. Homeland Security is rounding up surplus body armor from County Sheriff’s Offices across the state to donate to Ukraine.