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Molly DeCarli is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

Featured Statements

Andrew Byrd
stated on February 25, 2019 in a legislative debate:

"The states that have passed (campus carry laws) have seen enrollment drop significantly."

By Erica Anderson • April 16, 2019
E. Gordon Gee
stated on January 14, 2019 in an op-ed:

West Virginia has "the nation’s lowest workforce participation rate, which hovers around 50 percent, when the national average is about 63 percent."

By Erica Anderson • February 27, 2019