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Liz Newton is an assistant editor with PolitiFact West Virginia and a student at West Virginia University. She was previously a reporter with PolitiFact West Virginia.

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stated on March 5, 2019 in posts on the Internet:

"Right here (in West Virginia), they are building new houses … so that 321 Syrian Muslims can move down into this neighborhood in two months. … (A funeral home) is to be torn down in two months, and a mosque is going to built there."

By Liz Newton • March 27, 2019
Mike Romano
stated on November 8, 2018 in an op-ed:

The poverty rate in West Virginia "was 19.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country."

By Liz Newton • December 10, 2018
Richard Ojeda
stated on November 27, 2018 in a tweet:

At General Motors, CEO Mary Barra "took home almost 22 MILLION DOLLARS last year alone (295x your company's average employee)."

By Jamie Green • December 6, 2018
Kendra Fershee
stated on September 19, 2018 in a Facebook post:

"Poverty in WV is more than 5% higher than the national average."

By Jamie Green • November 1, 2018
Patrick Morrisey
stated on September 7, 2018 in a tweet:

"Joe Manchin has a ‘D' rating from the NRA."

By Jamie Green • September 28, 2018
Jim Justice
stated on August 17, 2018 in a tweet:

"According to SCUBA divers, Summersville Lake is the clearest freshwater lake east of the Mississippi River."

By Jamie Green • September 13, 2018

PolitiFact West Virginia's state of the state 2019

By Louis Jacobson • January 7, 2019
Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va.

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2018