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Patrick Morrisey: “In addition to the counties benefiting wildly from the new…”

Featuring: Patrick Morrisey, Republican | Governor of West Virginia

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Governor Morrisey Announces Plan to Include State Employee Pay Raises in 2026 Budget Request

Published | Video Starts at 06:28

There's a new economic opportunity with these data centers that didn't exist in West Virginia before. So no one's losing any money. They're all gaining money. And what happens now is that In addition to the counties benefiting wildly from the new money coming in, we have significant benefits. With an income tax fund of half the monies that will come in from the data center revenue will go into an initiative to ultimately eliminate the state income tax. (06:28–06:35)

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Asserts that counties in West Virginia are benefiting significantly from new economic initiatives.

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