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Walker and Evers
In controversial Wisconsin lame-duck session, will Scott Walker OK measures he’s vetoed?
December 13, 2018

"At least three or four of the pieces that are in" in the Republican lame-duck legislation, Scott Walker "has vetoed previously."  

Roy Blunt is right: The military pay increase is the largest in years
By Morgan Keith December 13, 2018

The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2019 "includes the largest pay raise in nearly 10 years."

Lagarde Face the Nation
If women worked as much as men, would US GDP jump 5 percent?
By Jon Greenberg December 12, 2018

"In the United States, if there was equal participation of women in the labor market, GDP would be up by 5 percent."  

Have median incomes in West Virginia not risen in a decade?
By Shannon MacNeil December 12, 2018

"Adjusting for inflation, West Virginia’s median household income has not grown in a decade."

U.S.-Mexico border fence
Video shows Border Patrol agents getting rid of water for migrants
By Miriam Valverde December 11, 2018

"Border Patrol agents were caught on film destroying supplies left to help migrants"

Voters weren’t ‘denied a ballot’ when NC had voter ID
By Paul Specht December 11, 2018

"Over 1,000 people were denied a ballot on Election Day" in the 2016 North Carolina primaries.

candy cane
Yes, a school principal tried to ban candy canes
By Amy Sherman December 11, 2018

"Principal bans candy canes."

Wisconsin lame-duck
Agreement to limit late-night sessions falls by the wayside
By D.L. Davis December 11, 2018

On limiting late night legislative debates.

Deer hunting
Do hunters contribute more than $500 million to West Virginia’s economy?
By Douglas Soule December 10, 2018

"Hunters contribute more than $500 million" to West Virginia.

WV poverty rate
Does West Virginia have the nation’s fourth-worst poverty rate?
By Liz Newton, Zack Schwehm December 10, 2018

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

Burlington is using less electricity now than in 1989, but it’s not quite that simple
By Elizabeth Gribkoff December 8, 2018

"As a city, we currently use about 4 percent less electricity today than we used in 1989."

Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo said treatment for Amazon no different
By Jill Terreri Ramos December 7, 2018

"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."

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