CHARLESTON, WV – West Virginia Governor Jim Justice delivered his eighth and final State of the State Address to the legislature on Wednesday night.

Justice celebrated an influx of new industries, pay raises for correctional workers and teachers, and the fact that the Mountain State continues to be a leading energy producer.

“You know I want to say this and I say this pretty profoundly, you know I don’t want to sound braggadocious about anything, but my administration does not believe in growing government. And my administration does not believe in dipping into our rainy day fund and using our rainy day fund,” Justice said. “We use surpluses. We use earnings to absolutely make choices to do projects to grow this state but we’ve got to do it while minding that store that I refer to all the time.”

This year, Justice asked lawmakers to eliminate the state’s personal income and social security taxes, and give public employees a five percent bump in pay.