A reporter at West Virginia Public Broadcasting was dismissed after state officials complained. It's the latest instance of political pressure on the station from Gov. Jim Justice's administration and some state legislators.
Once in office in early 2017, Justice sought to jettison all state funding for West Virginia Public Broadcasting. That would have caused the station to shut down,A coal separator sorts and piles up coal at the Tams mountaintop removal mine near Beckley, W.Va., in 2016. The mine is owned by the family of Gov. Jim Justice.After a significant public outcry, Justice relented.
In 2018, Gov. Justice fired then-Education Secretary Gayle Manchin . Justice is now considering a run against Gayle Manchin's husband, Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin .Later in the summer of 2017, Justice switched parties. The next year, he, the wife of West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat whom Justice is considering running against in 2024.
In 2018, Roberts was accused of favoritism after he gave a promotion and significant raise to a female employee with whom he had a close personal relationship. The job opening had not been posted publicly, according to a grievance filed by a more experienced colleague. The complaint was ultimately settled.
West Virginia Arts Curator Randall Reid-Smith, shown at a state cultural museum in 2009, demanded to review all newsletters put out by the station and sought to win control of the popular show Mountain Stage.West Virginia Arts Curator Randall Reid-Smith, shown at a state cultural museum in 2009, demanded to review all newsletters put out by the station and sought to win control of the popular show Mountain Stage.
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