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Governor Morrisey Announces More Than $168 Million in Potential Savings Across State Government

Published May 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 26:53

I'm not aware of a comprehensive review like this that's happened in state government in a very, very long time. I'm not here to tell you that everything's perfect, but We're making progress every day on the type of improvements that are necessary to run a more effective state government and to save taxpayer dollars. So I want to thank everyone on our team. I really appreciate all of your hard work. I mean, you guys are doing terrific work. So thank you. (26:53–27:04)

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Asserts that daily progress is being made to improve state government efficiency and save taxpayer money.

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“TANF is projected to exceed $140 million.”
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“We're building a bridge to the future where there's going to be over 12,000 projected jobs.”
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“We believe we've identified up to $168 million of potential savings.”
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“When we identify savings through the Department of Transportation...we work to put that money back into pave more roads.”
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“We've asked our agencies to make sure that [paying for unused subscriptions] is not happening here in West Virginia anymore.”
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“We found one, that there were unused cell phones in place of the executive branch. $87,000.”
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“We're releasing these audits so they'll be available on our website.”
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“We've identified about $50 million that might be able to be retained [in DOT savings].”
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“We think we can save over $33 million [through improved contract oversight].”
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“Combined, the recommendations at DOT are over $50 million significant.”
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“We've identified over $39 million in savings [at Homeland Security].”
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“If we end up having our officers wear body cameras, if that happens, that's expected to save about $1.9 million.”
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“Our auditor found that there were a number of policies if we implemented, we could save over $68 million [in human services].”
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“We're shipping so many kids out of state and we're paying so much more than the average kid because we're sending them to faraway places.”
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“We believe through better technology we're going to be able to save over $18 million per year.”
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“We obviously as we get savings, we want to feed it more into fixing the roads.”
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“There's been much more aggressive review over [internal controls in Human Services] over the last year.”
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“We may be making some announcements on [a CFO, COO type position] soon.”
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“I'm not aware of a comprehensive review like this that's happened in state government in a very, very long time.”
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