Fact Check Posts – Page 3

Claim about DeKalb finances hits mark

By April Hunt

June 9, 2015

"Our reserves are now in much better shape than they were just a few years ago."

Will out-of-staters or Georgians pay most of the new hotel fee?

By April Hunt

May 25, 2015

About 85 percent of hotel guests who will pay the new $5 hotel/motel fee will be from outside Georgia.

Georgia on pace for 1,200 roadway deaths?

By April Hunt

May 20, 2015

Georgia is on track for 1,200 traffic fatalities this year, a reversal of nine years of declines.

Fair Tax claim ignores contradictory economic models

By April Hunt

May 18, 2015

The Fair Tax proposal encourages innovation and investment "level the playing field" for American companies to compete globally.

Advocacy group overreaches with claim on NYPD shootings

By April Hunt , Nancy Badertscher

May 12, 2015

"Once again, a police officer has been killed with an illegal gun from Georgia – a state that last year did the NRA’s bidding and…

Gwinnett DA over-reaches on Sheriff Hill shooting statement

By April Hunt , Nancy Badertscher

May 6, 2015

"A sitting sheriff cannot be charged except by a warrant issued by a Superior Court judge."

Sen. Perdue overstates real reduction in U.S. armed forces

By April Hunt

May 4, 2015

The United States is "about to have the smallest Army since before WWII, the smallest Navy since WWI and the smallest Air Force ever."

Pet-death claim leaves out important details

By April Hunt

April 29, 2015

Delta has had the most animal deaths among U.S. carriers in the past five years

Distracted driving behind the jump in roadway fatalities

By April Hunt

April 28, 2015

Distracted driving such as texting behind the wheel is behind a rise in traffic deaths on Georgia roadways this year.

Maybe not today, and maybe under a different name, but tax claim mostly on target

By April Hunt

April 27, 2015

The recently passed transportation funding bill is a billion-dollar tax increase for Georgians.

New hotel fee adds costs – but not always to guests

By April Hunt

April 15, 2015

A $5-a-night hotel/motel tax that’s part of the transportation bill will hurt Georgia’s convention business by adding extra costs for large groups coming to the…

The session isn’t over until the fat gavel bangs

By April Hunt

April 10, 2015

The Georgia Legislature’s last day of session ends at midnight.

Latest Fact Checks By April Hunt

Claim about DeKalb finances hits mark

Will out-of-staters or Georgians pay most of the new hotel fee?

Georgia on pace for 1,200 roadway deaths?

Fair Tax claim ignores contradictory economic models

Advocacy group overreaches with claim on NYPD shootings

Gwinnett DA over-reaches on Sheriff Hill shooting statement

Sen. Perdue overstates real reduction in U.S. armed forces

Pet-death claim leaves out important details

Distracted driving behind the jump in roadway fatalities

Maybe not today, and maybe under a different name, but tax claim mostly on target

New hotel fee adds costs – but not always to guests

The session isn’t over until the fat gavel bangs