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FAIRMONT, W.Va. (WBOY) — A Marion County Circuit Court judge will hear a case next week that will determine if Gov. Patrick Morrisey's plan to privatize state-owned nursing homes in West Virginia is legal.

Morrisey and the West Virginia Department of Health Facilities announced in August that the state had reached an agreement to sell four state-owned nursing facilities to a private entity, including Hopemont Hospital in Terra Alta, Preston County, and John Manchin, Sr. Health Care Center in Fairmont, Marion County. Morrisey said at the time that the sale would "spur investment into the renovation and expansion of these facilities," and he called it "a win for West Virginia’s patients and a win for the taxpayers of our state."

However, just weeks later, a law

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