CHARLESTON — The ability of companies owned by former governor Jim Justice to pay taxes was a constant issue during his two terms leading West Virginia, but those issues have now followed Justice to the U.S. Senate.

Over the weekend, Politico reported that Justice — the owner of more than 100 businesses, including the historic Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs — owes more than $8 million in unpaid taxes to the IRS along with his wife, current state Board of Education member Cathy Justice.

The two tax liens were filed with the Greenbrier County Clerk’s Office on Oct. 2 and span debts accumulated over the past 16 years, from $3.1 million owed in tax year 2009 to $10.9 million owed as recently as tax year 2022.

According to the IRS, a federal tax lien gives the IRS a legal claim a

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