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West Virginia officials cheer budget surplus

AUGUST 4, 2020 | by Steven Adams | THE WEIRTON DAILY TIMES

By Steven Adams, includes “Hindsight is 20/20, with Gov. Jim Justice and state revenue officials looking back on the last fiscal year and the first month of the new fiscal year, which both showed surpluses even as the pandemic affects the economy.” (Note: Claims to “surpluses” like this always deserve scrutiny, in light of fictions enabled by accounting standards for governmental funds accounting.)

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