Terry Rephann, a regional economist with the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, has researched the labor impacts of expansion on various areas of Virginia’s economy. While he hasn’t researched the specifics for local Departments of Social Services, he said expansion would require more people to handle applications and cases. “If you’re just talking about people who do the paperwork, I would imagine it would have to increase because you have a lot more people who are going to be eligible,” Rephann said. “But how much they&...