(AP) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice appointed his wife to the state ... Justice cited the work of his wife, who earned a degree in secondary education at Marshall University, within the state's Communities In Schools program. As first lady, Cathy ...

Saying she was “covered up in qualifications,” Gov. Jim Justice announced Thursday that he had appointed his wife, First Lady Cathy Justice, to the West Virginia Board of Education. “I had to do a whole lot of selling and talking to Cathy about this,

In a letter to Secretary of State Mac Warner, dated Nov. 6, 2024, Gov. Justice advised the secretary’s office of the appointment of his wife and West Virginia’s current First Lady Cathy Justice to the state Board of Education,