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Alanna Longnecker of West Virginia University is a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia.

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West Virginia Republican Party
stated on September 4, 2018 in a tweet:

"In 2017, the number of new business registrations in West Virginia grew nearly 11 percent (8,318 new businesses registered for the year). This comes off the heels of a 12 percent increase in new business registrations during 2016."

By Alanna Longnecker • September 20, 2018

PolitiFact West Virginia's state of the state 2019

By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2019