Latest Fact-Checks By Sue Owen

Says that under Texas law, it takes six years to close a failing school.

Says Texas economy is about 30 percent larger than Australia’s.

Says Texas has the 15th largest economy in the world.

Says Texas passed a state ‘Dream Act’ before any other state.

Says veterans’ disability claims backlog doubled in Obama’s first term.

Says 40 years ago, the U.S. placed Texas under Voting Rights Act for failing to print ballots in Spanish.

Says that over the past 20 years, Texas public school spending rose 142 percent and per-pupil spending more than tripled when adjusted for inflation.

Says U.S. corporate tax rate is "highest in the world at 35 percent."

Says 55 percent of council members have come from area where only 10 percent of Austinites live.

Says he "is the reason we do not pay a toll every time we pass over the bridge at MoPac and William Cannon."

Says she’s never said "don’t build" Texas 45 Southwest.

Says black women are "fastest-growing demographic group in ... Texas seeking concealed handgun licenses."