Our latest fact-checks

"75-100 folks (are) killed a month and over 200 wounded by senseless gun violence."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, October 17th, 2019

"West Virginia Department of Education reported over 10,000 children and youth have been identified as homeless for the 2018-2019 school year."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, October 11th, 2019

"About 95 percent of America’s production of ethylene is produced on the Gulf Coast in Texas and Louisiana."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, October 10th, 2019

"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!"

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Tuesday, October 8th, 2019

Says in the 2016 presidential election, "I won that one by 42 points -- 42 points -- West Virginia."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, October 2nd, 2019

"Our WV highways rank 16th in the country in a national survey of highway systems, up 20 spots from last year’s ranking! This ranking affirms all the hard work we’ve done, and that we continue to do, fixing our state’s roads."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

The United States is "#1 in oil consumption" in the world.

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

"Women’s unemployment has been lower under President Trump than it’s been in nearly 70 years."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, September 26th, 2019

"There are 1,600 new coal-fired power plants being constructed as I speak around the world."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, September 20th, 2019

"In 2014 ... in McDowell County, W.Va., one of the poorest counties in the nation, life expectancy for men was 64 years. In Fairfax County, Va., a wealthy county, just 350 miles away, life expectancy was nearly 82 years, an 18 year differential. The life expectancy gap for women in the two counties was 12 years."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, July 18th, 2019

"When you pull up to the gas pump to fill up your car, get your cell phone and search for Bluetooth devices. If a sequence of letters and numbers show up don’t pay at the pump. One of the pumps has a credit card skimmer inside of it. All of these skimmers run on bluetooth."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, May 17th, 2019

"Black women make only around 63 cents while Native American women earn 58 cents, and Hispanic women make just 54 cents in comparison to every dollar a man makes."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Thursday, May 16th, 2019

"19% of WVians rely on SNAP," or food stamps.

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, May 10th, 2019

"Nearly 20 million Americans ... have gained health insurance since (the Affordable Care Act) passed in 2010."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, May 10th, 2019

"West Virginia spends more tax dollars on public education than all but 13 other states and the District of Columbia."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Friday, May 10th, 2019

"I was the only member of the Senate – Republican or Democrat – who has consistently voted against efforts to use the so called ‘nuclear option’ to change the rules of the Senate."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

"West Virginia’s exports increased for the second year in a row in 2018, reaching $8.1 billion. Additionally, West Virginia’s export growth rate was 14.2%, nearly double the national average of 7.6%."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

"Our state has fewer science, technology, engineering and math graduates than any neighboring state."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

Small businesses in West Virginia make up "99 percent of the total number of businesses in the state" and employ "nearly 50 percent of the state’s workforce."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

"It is estimated that more than 20 veterans die by suicide every day."

— PolitiFact West Virginia on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019