Latest Fact-Checks By Haley BeMiller

Showing 1-12 of 40 items
Student loan debt

Nelson flubs comparison between student loan debt, real wages

May 21, 2021

"Since 2010, student debt has increased by 102% and real wages have fallen by over 8%.”

Wisconsin Assembly session

Assembly GOP touts taking spending out of the budget, but it also took revenue along with it

May 18, 2021

“Republicans on the Joint Finance Committee removed more than $8 billion in spending increases from Gov. Evers' budget proposal.”

Foxconn no caption

Gov. Tony Evers doesn’t tell whole story with claim that new Foxconn deal saves taxpayers $2.77B

April 30, 2021

A new state agreement with Foxconn “will save Wisconsin taxpayers $2.77 billion.”

Foxconn building

Yes, Foxconn is the largest taxpayer in Racine County

April 27, 2021

Foxconn “is the largest taxpayer in Racine County.”

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin partly right that drug price hikes outpace inflation

April 7, 2021

"Over the past decade, drug prices have risen at three times the rate of inflation."

Prison bars

Yes, Wisconsin inmates are eligible for stimulus checks — just as before

March 26, 2021

The latest stimulus package "sends stimulus checks to imprisoned murderers, rapists, and child molesters.”

Pot plant cutting

Yes, marijuana is stronger than it used to be

March 19, 2021

"Pot today is not the weed baby boomers were smoking."

Pot plant cutting

Yes, marijuana can increase the risk of schizophrenia and psychotic disorders

March 5, 2021

“The National Academy of Medicine points to a significant correlation between marijuana and psychosis, schizophrenia, and other psychotic disorders, particularly in teenagers where the risk…

Homemade masks hanging for sale

Wisconsin Assembly Minority Leader right on relationship between mask mandates and COVID-19 cases

February 12, 2021

“We know mask mandates work. There’s enough evidence out there between counties that have done it and counties that haven’t."

pHOTO kids school

Gov. Tony Evers on the money with claim about increase to general school aid

January 26, 2021

"We put $330 million in general school aids — the largest in more than a decade."

ronjohn flip on transition

Sen. Ron Johnson changes tune on objecting to Electoral College results

January 5, 2021

On whether he’ll object to the Electoral College results

House votes on coronavirus relief bill

Wisconsin Assembly speaker says state passed one of the first COVID-19 bills, but that’s wrong

November 25, 2020

“We passed one of the first (COVID-19) bills in the entire country, empowering Gov. Evers to act.”

Showing 1-12 of 40 items