Latest Fact Checks By Alex Wilts

Group: Black Texans have higher unemployment rate than whites and earn less than they did in 2000

By Alex Wilts

April 23, 2015

"The unemployment rate among blacks in Texas is 9.5% -- far more than double white unemployment -- and wages have fallen for black workers in…

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Apple’s Tim Cook: Texas considering law to punish clerks who issue marriage licenses to gay couples

By Alex Wilts

April 15, 2015

"Legislation being considered in Texas would strip the salaries and pensions of clerks who issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples — even if the Supreme…

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Ted Cruz longest-serving solicitor general of Texas, Jerry Falwell said

By Alex Wilts

March 25, 2015

Ted Cruz was "the longest-serving solicitor general in the history of Texas."

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Rick Perry says in presidential field, he’s sole individual to have served in military

By Alex Wilts , W. Gardner Selby

March 4, 2015

"At this particular point in time, looking at the field, there’s only one individual that’s ever had the uniform of his country on—and that’s me."

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Mayor Dave Claunch says Austin has more Capitol lobbyists than any other Texas city

By Alex Wilts

February 16, 2015

"Austin has more lobbyists working for it than any other municipality in Texas."

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Ted Cruz says top 1 percent earn more of national income than any year since 1928

By Alex Wilts

January 30, 2015

"Today the top 1 percent earn a higher share of our national income than any year since 1928."

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