WV Treasurer Pack wants to know more about state auditor hiring a sitting senator as contractor

By: Caity Coyne

Outlets: West Virginia Watch

Published: June 3, 2026

Words: 1,315

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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West Virginia State Treasurer Larry Pack hand delivered a letter Wednesday to State Auditor Mark Hunt requesting more information to clarify the legality surrounding Sen. Jay Taylor’s contract employment at the Auditor’s Office.

Pack’s inquiry comes almost two weeks after reporting by Kyle Vass in Dragline revealed that Hunt hired Taylor, R-Taylor, as a contractor for his office despite legal red flags raised by Attorney General J.B. McCuskey.

In his letter to …

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