Latest Fact Checks By Eric Stirgus

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Are pit bulls more aggressive than other dogs?

By Eric Stirgus
August 3, 2011
"[T]his breed (of pit bulls) is most often associated with aggressive behavior."
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Rogers gets it right on Georgia’s eduction woes

By Eric Stirgus
July 27, 2011
"The state of Georgia is near the bottom among states for SAT scores and graduation rates."
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Kemp claim on fines on the money

By Eric Stirgus
July 19, 2011
"The State Election Board has issued nearly $275,000 in fines to violators of absentee ballot laws."
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Does Georgia’s immigration bill “simply follow existing federal law”?

By Eric Stirgus
July 18, 2011
Georgia’s illegal-immigration legislation "simply follows existing federal law."
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Georgia pol says Atlanta school board had no oversight power

By Eric Stirgus
July 13, 2011
"The [Georgia] General Assembly took away the Atlanta Board of Education’s oversight of the superintendent."
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Who’s right? Cities lay claim to civil rights “cradle” mantle.

By Eric Stirgus
June 28, 2011
"(Birmingham, Ala.) is the cradle of the civil rights movement."
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Numbers back up Gingrich job growth claim

By Eric Stirgus
June 21, 2011
"The right-to-work states are creating a lot more jobs today than the heavily unionized states."
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Ray Lewis crime claim gets flagged

By Eric Stirgus
June 17, 2011
"Do this research … watch how much crime picks up if you take away [football]."
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Best school district? Not so fast.

By Eric Stirgus
June 7, 2011
"We have the best schools in the United States."
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Georgia Democrats left out of process, lawmaker complains

By Eric Stirgus
June 6, 2011
"We in the Democratic Party had no input into the locations of these hearings, nor did we have input into the process."
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Gwinnett water use down, but by how much?

By Eric Stirgus
June 1, 2011
"Annual water usage in 2010 was actually down more than 18 percent from usage in 2006."
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U.S. is the king of coal, Cantor says

By Eric Stirgus
May 27, 2011
Says the United States is "the Saudi Arabia of coal."
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