Latest Fact Checks By Nancy Badertscher

Creflo Dollar’s need for $65 million jet never gets off the ground

By Nancy Badertscher

March 23, 2015

Creflo Dollar needed a $65 million Gulfstream G650 to carry thousands of pounds of food and other supplies -- as well as the Word of…

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Brooks lacks data to back up food stamp claim

By Nancy Badertscher

March 23, 2015

State lawmakers are spending taxpayer money for parking that billionaire Arthur Blank could build while paying some state employees so little they are on food…

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True: Legislation would open scholarship program to legal refugees

By Nancy Badertscher

March 13, 2015

Under legislation that has cleared the Georgia House, some children who are "legal refugees" could obtain state scholarships to attend private schools.    

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Advocate for craft beer brewers correct on claim

By Nancy Badertscher

March 11, 2015

Georgia is one of only five states where breweries can’t sell you a pint of beer to drink on premise or sell you a six-pack…

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Collins largely on target

By Nancy Badertscher

March 6, 2015

President Obama said "22 times" he could not authorize immigration reform by executive order.  

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Graves right on the number, off on Keystone jobs context

By Nancy Badertscher

March 2, 2015

President Barack Obama's veto of the Keystone XL pipeline killed "42,000 jobs."

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Report accurate on decline in federal transportation dollars

By Nancy Badertscher

February 25, 2015

Georgia’s share of money from the Federal Highway Trust Fund declined 12 percent between 2008 and 2013.

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Delta spokesman correct on federal law and jet fuel tax breaks

By Nancy Badertscher

February 23, 2015

A bill to eliminate Delta Air Lines’ jet fuel tax breaks "violates federal law and puts the state at risk of losing critical funding from…

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Gov. Deal gets school math right, but comments need more context

By Nancy Badertscher

February 17, 2015

Ninety-six percent of failing schools are spending above $8,400, the average annual per student expenditure, and 26 percent spend considerably more than that.  

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Essig accurate: Education austerity cuts under $500 million in proposed 2016 state budget

By Nancy Badertscher

February 6, 2015

The governor’s budget proposal reduces the state austerity cut to education to under $500 million for 2016.

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DOT sign counts roadway deaths

By Nancy Badertscher

February 2, 2015

"GEORGIA ROADWAY FATALITIES THIS YEAR: 59 PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY"  

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Deal accurate: Rainy day fund being replenished

By Nancy Badertscher

January 27, 2015

Since Gov. Nathan Deal office in 2011, the state’s rainy day fund has grown by 643 percent.

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