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Matt Minard is a student at West Virginia University who is working with PolitiFact West Virginia.

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Jim Justice
stated on November 9, 2018 in a tweet:

"As of September 2018, there are 6,683 WV children in foster care — 1,415 of whom are legally eligible for adoption."

By Matt Minard • January 10, 2019
Jim Justice
stated on September 19, 2018 in a tweet:

"WV's tourism industry grew at a rate 30% above the national rate in 2017. This increase reversed a four-year decline in which travel-generated spending fell more than $600 million."

By Matt Minard • December 14, 2018
Donald Trump
stated on September 29, 2018 in a rally in Wheeling, W.Va.:

"Household income among Hispanic Americans has just set a new record high."

By Matt Minard • November 1, 2018
David McKinley
stated on August 14, 2018 in a tweet:

In West Virginia, "personal income tax collections (were) up 14% from 2017."

By Matt Minard • October 11, 2018

Fact-checking Donald Trump's rally in Charleston, W.Va.

By Louis Jacobson • August 22, 2018