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Fact-check: Did States with Campus-carry Laws See Enrollment Drop?

by Erica Anderson & Molly DeCarli on April 19, 2019 Comments are Disabled

During their most recent legislative session, West Virginia lawmakers took up a bill that would require colleges in the state to allow students to carry guns on campus as long as they possess a concealed carry permit. The bill ultimately passed the House, largely on party lines, before falling in the […]

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Fact-check: Does West Virginia Have the Nation’s Lowest Workforce Participation Rate?

by Erica Anderson & Molly DeCarli on March 8, 2019 Comments are Disabled

Is workforce participation lower in West Virginia than in any state? That’s what West Virginia University president Gordon Gee wrote in a recent op-ed. Gee’s Jan. 14 column in the State Journal newspaper was titled, “An effective education system is key to West Virginia’s future.” In the column, Gee wrote, “As […]