A closer look at business, tax dealings, fines & court judgments of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice
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Find a collection here of Charleston Gazette-Mail stories on the financial and legal entanglements of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va.
Justice's personal and business financial liabilities span federal courts in West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, New York, Tennessee and Alabama. They have included disputes with private bond companies, banks and other business partners as well as worker and environmental advocacy groups such as the United Mine Workers of America and Appalachian Voices in addition to the IRS, Environmental Protection Agency and Mine Safety and Health Administration at the federal level and the Department of Environmental Protection at the state level.
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From Manhattan to southwest Virginia, Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his family coal business empire are falling into deeper trouble.
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A federal judge has ordered eight companies in the struggling business empire of Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., to pay over $1 million to a worker…
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A Louisiana-based bank says a key company in the family business empire of Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., owes it a debt that has ballooned to mor…
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Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., is fighting a $29 million-plus federal court judgment against him.
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The federal government has sued U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his wife over what it says is more than $5.1 million in unpaid federal inc…
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A federal judge has ruled that United States Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., owes a Tennessee-based surety bond provider over $29 million amid othe…
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West Virginia political and economic development leaders were misled by the head of a Morgantown-based group of companies and those firms into…
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A new filing in a federal lawsuit makes many in-depth accusations that the owner of a Morgantown-based umbrella of companies backed widely by …
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A federal court has issued an order against three coal companies in the struggling business empire of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., moving t…
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An old saying holds that the wheels of justice turn slowly but grind exceedingly fine.
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What do the federal government, the Big Sandy crayfish and a Wisconsin toymaking company have in common?
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Jim Justice’s family business empire ownership of hundreds of parcels in a residential community in Raleigh County is imperiled on two fronts …
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Business interests of Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., owe over $850,000 in delinquent property taxes in Greenbrier County.
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Health experts say COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Scientists estimate they have prevented millions of deaths in the United States a…
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The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has issued one of Sen. Jim Justice’s coal companies notices of 11 delinquent penaltie…
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A federal judge has approved an agreement to end a federal court standoff between a Charleston insurance provider and one of U.S. Sen. Jim Jus…
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A Swiss company says one of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice’s coal corporations hasn’t paid it the $1.5 million as agreed to in a 2020 agreement, even a…
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As he cast a critical vote Tuesday for deeply consequential legislation projected to cost lower-income West Virginians, the Mountain State’s j…
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One of Jim Justice’s coal companies owes West Virginia over $1 million in delinquent penalties for environmental violations at surface and und…
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A Charleston insurance provider says a coal company owned by U.S. Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., and his family has not complied with a federal co…
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Wednesday marks the sixth anniversary of a lawsuit federal prosecutors filed alleging nearly two dozen coal companies belonging to Sen. Jim Ju…
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Delinquent penalties for environmental violations in Southern West Virginia are piling up for one of U.S. Sen. Jim Justice’s coal companies.
