The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce is concerned about the ongoing trend of declining employment in the state and wants to know why it's happening.

The answer, at least in part, should be fairly obvious. State leaders and lawmakers have been pursuing a slew of anti-worker, anti-union and anti-education policies for more than a decade. Since the Republican Party took control of the Legislature in 2014, the state has passed a right-to-work law, repealed the prevailing wage and repeatedly slashed funding for colleges and universities, along with funding for public education. Beyond that, lawmakers and leaders have pursued culture-war issues that make West Virginia appear hostile to marginalized groups.

What did the people who made these decisions think would happen?

The chamber issued a

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