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West Virginia had a plan to end homelessness. Gov. Jim Justice hasn’t made it a priority.

Back in 2013, officials in West Virginia and around the country were trying to figure out a better way to address homelessness. And on the day before Thanksgiving, then-Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin issued an executive order, telling staffers from eight different state agencies to pull together and tackle the problem. “Ending homelessness requires a collaboration […]