Latest Fact Checks By Sue Owen

Rick Perry says 13 Texas universities have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree

By Sue Owen

May 31, 2013

Says 13 Texas universities "have announced or implemented a $10,000 degree."

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Bill Hammond says only 25 percent of Texas high-school graduates are career- or college-ready

By Sue Owen

May 24, 2013

Says only 25 percent of Texas high school students graduate prepared for college or careers.

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Rick Perry says Sam Houston opposed slavery and said Texas shouldn’t secede over it

By Sue Owen

May 22, 2013

Says Sam Houston opposed slavery and as governor said Texas should not leave the union over slavery.

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Greg Abbott says he has sued Obama administration 25 times

By Sue Owen

May 10, 2013

Says he has sued the Obama administration 25 times.

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Jim Marston says Texas leads the nation in fatal industrial accidents

By Sue Owen

May 8, 2013

Says Texas leads the nation in fatal industrial accidents.

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George Lavender says an English company supplies Texas public-school assessment exams

By Sue Owen

May 6, 2013

Says state’s mandated tests come from an English company.

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Business group leader says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas

By Sue Owen

April 26, 2013

Says businesses pay roughly 60 percent of taxes in Texas.

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Dan Patrick says 315,000 “mostly minority” Texas students are enrolled in failing schools

By Sue Owen

April 24, 2013

Says 315,000 mostly minority Texas students are enrolled in failing schools.

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David Dewhurst says Texas ‘school systems’ lose 45 days a year on testing

By Sue Owen

April 17, 2013

Says Texas "school systems" lose 45 days a year on testing.

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Lon Burnam says rejecting expansion would send $9 billion of Texans’ taxes to Medicaid in other states

By Sue Owen

April 12, 2013

Says rejecting federal aid to expand Medicaid in Texas will "send $9 billion in federal taxes paid by Texans to other states to insure their…

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Rick Perry says Obama called Medicaid “broken” four years ago

By Sue Owen

April 9, 2013

Says Obama called Medicaid "broken" four years ago.

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Drew Springer says bag litter increased after San Francisco’s ban

By Sue Owen

March 20, 2013

Says bag litter increased after San Francisco banned single-use shopping bags.

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