Report: No college degree for 25% of state legislators

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Does a college education matter if you're a state legislator?

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that about 25% of the nation's nearly 7,400 state legislators do not have a bachelor's degree or higher.

The least-educated statehouse appears to be in Arkansas, where 25% of the 135 state representatives and state senators did not attend any college. That compares to 9% nationwide among all state legislators, the paper reports. In all, slightly more than 60% of Arkansas' state lawmakers....

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