State budget surplus for 2023 expected to exceed $1.7 billion
By Matt Young, West Virginia Press Association
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Jim Justice, on Monday, announced that the state’s April General Revenue collections exceeded projections by $319 million, resulting in the largest single-month revenue surplus in West Virginia history.
“Everybody in this state has been a part of this, and that’s all there is to it,” Justice said at the time of the announcement. “It…

