Legal Troubles Mount for Jim Justice's Coal Empire Over Unpaid Fines.
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West Virginia Governor Jim Justice's coal companies are facing a series of lawsuits and struggling to pay their bills, with his own lawyers calling them "disorganized." The latest legal challenge came when the Justice Department sued Justice's business enterprise and his son over $7.6 million in unpaid penalties and fees for federal mine and safety violations as well as mine land reclamation costs. Justice's Republican and Democratic opponents have indicated they'll go after his personal financial challenges in the Senate campaign.
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