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Steven Murphy is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University.

Featured Statements

E. Gordon Gee
stated on June 21, 2019 in a speech:

"In West Virginia, we have 20,000 jobs in which we don’t have skilled workers."

By Victoria Gennuso • December 6, 2019
Shelley Moore Capito
stated on August 20, 2019 in a Facebook post:

"A study shows that households neighboring West Virginia could be on the hook for upwards of $70,000 in the first year alone under the Green New Deal!"

By Glenn Kittle • October 8, 2019