State Budget Scorecard True 0% 153 Checks Mostly True 0% 240 Checks Half True 0% 0 Checks Mostly False 0% 191 Checks False 0% 188 Checks Pants on Fire 0% 64 Checks For more details, see the Principles of PolitiFact All Fact-checks for State Budget Elise Stefanik stated on November 7, 2025 in a television interview: Gov. Kathy Hochul has raised taxes. December 11, 2025 Rick Scott stated on June 8, 2025 in a television interview: Four million more people live in Florida, but New York gets $20 billion more for Medicaid, because it covers illegal immigrants and adults without chronic illness. June 22, 2025 Kathy Hochul stated on May 5, 2025 in a television interview: The state budget contains the largest middle class tax cut in 70 years. June 1, 2025 Tony Evers stated on December 28, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “After 30 years of Wisconsin’s checking account running a deficit, we've ended every fiscal year I've been governor with a positive balance. Today, we have a $4.5 billion positive balance, and a record-high balance in our state savings account." By Hope Karnopp • January 15, 2025 Jay Rothman stated on December 1, 2024 in TV interview: “The Universities of Wisconsin are 43rd out of 50 states in the nation, in terms of public support for our universities. The $855 million (budget request) gets us up to average.” By Hope Karnopp • December 12, 2024 Greta Neubauer stated on April 11, 2024 in X, formerly Twitter: “The GOP has failed to invest in our campuses, making WI fall to 42nd in the nation in state support.” By Hope Karnopp • April 24, 2024 Ron DeSantis stated on January 18, 2024 in a CNN town hall in Henniker, N.H.: “Florida state government (has the) lowest number of state employees per capita in the country.” By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman • January 23, 2024 Julian Bradley stated on December 8, 2023 in X, formerly Twitter: "Wisconsin Republicans have passed multiple billion dollar middle-class tax cuts this year, but each time we have, Governor Tony Evers has vetoed the relief." By Hope Karnopp • December 19, 2023 Alex Mooney stated on November 2, 2023 in a post on X: Jim Justice “broke his pledge, raised the gas tax.” By Ayden Norcross • November 21, 2023 Jim Justice stated on September 12, 2023 in a post on X: “2022 was the biggest tourism year ever in West Virginia” By Max Cohen • October 20, 2023 Load More Latest Articles Fact-check: Did California Gov. Gavin Newsom cut $100 million in fire prevention? By Amy Sherman • January 15, 2025 State budget allocates ‘flexible’ funding for migrant support in New York City By Jill Terreri Ramos • May 30, 2024 Show the green: States ranking high in renewable energy jobs gave generous incentives • May 22, 2023 State spending, school funding, abortion: fact-checking Iowa’s gubernatorial debate By Liam Halawith, Lyle Muller • October 19, 2022 Is the Buffalo Bills’ Highmark stadium built on an early Erie Indian village? By Cassidey Kavathas • April 21, 2022 McAuliffe, Youngkin swap bogus tax and spending claims By Warren Fiske • October 29, 2021 Fact-checking the second McAuliffe-Youngkin debate By Warren Fiske • October 1, 2021 The facts behind funding Iowa’s public universities • April 26, 2021 Fact-checking a GOP talking point on state, local relief in the American Rescue Plan By Louis Jacobson • March 19, 2021 COVID-19 aid for states and localities: How dire is the need? By Jon Greenberg, Louis Jacobson • February 11, 2021
