Latest Fact Checks By James B. Nelson

Debunking claim that Demond Means said Milwaukee Public Schools district ‘needs to be gutted’

By James B. Nelson

May 18, 2016

Says Demond Means, "turnaround district" superintendent for Milwaukee Public Schools, said the district "needs to be gutted."

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Chris Larson says Chris Abele spent $42 per vote in spring election

By James B. Nelson

April 11, 2016

"For the votes that we got, I think we spent, on average, two bucks a pop. Compared to 42 bucks" for incumbent Milwaukee County Executive…

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Chris Larson inaccurately says Chris Abele has “done nothing” about the Estabrook Dam

By James B. Nelson

April 1, 2016

Says Chris Abele "has had five years and he’s done nothing" about the Estabrook Dam.

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Image in a Chris Abele ad shows lake that’s supposedly created by Estabrook Dam

By James B. Nelson

March 29, 2016

An image in a Chris Abele TV ad depicts "wealthy citizens" who would benefit from a "lake" created by the controversial Estabrook Dam.

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JoAnne Kloppenburg wrongly claims outside group spent $100 million to aid her Supreme Court opponent

By James B. Nelson

March 21, 2016

In the primary election, a "right-wing group spent more than $100,000,000 to support" Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Bradley.

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Chris Abele says Mitchell Park Domes cost taxpayers 1 million a year, have fewer visitors

By James B. Nelson

March 18, 2016

The Mitchell Park Domes "lose about $1 million-plus every year" and "the number of people going to the Domes has been going down."    …

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No, Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is not a billionaire

By James B. Nelson

March 2, 2016

Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele is a "billionaire."

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Wisconsin Working Families party claims taxpayers spent $100,000 on SUV for Chris Abele

By James B. Nelson

February 24, 2016

Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele spent "$100,000 of taxpayer money on a new luxury SUV."

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Challenger Chris Larson says Chris Abele tried to end county funding for homeless shelters

By James B. Nelson

February 9, 2016

Says Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele "once proposed a plan to end county funding to homeless shelters."

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Sen. Ron Johnson claims Russ Feingold is a career politician

By James B. Nelson

February 4, 2016

"I’ll be running against a career politician."

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Activist claims Wisconsin “moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt.”

By James B. Nelson

January 8, 2016

Under Scott Walker, Wisconsin "moved from 16th to third in percentage of people with student loan debt."

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Numbers cited by Katrina Shankland on layoffs don’t tell the story

By James B. Nelson

December 21, 2015

Wisconsin "is on pace to double the number of layoffs" this year.

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