Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Certain payday loans had effective interest rates of more than 1,000 percent for part of 2012

By W. Gardner Selby

January 8, 2014

Payday lenders profit "from the poor by charging 1,000-plus" percent "interest."

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Two women running for top state offices isn’t unusual, though a November pair of Davis, Van de Putte would be

By W. Gardner Selby

December 26, 2013

"This is the first time in Texas history -- and only the fourth time in United States history -- that two women are running for…

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Obamacare law didn’t mandate background checks of “navigators,” but states may require them and prime Texas grant recipient imposes them

By W. Gardner Selby

December 20, 2013

Federal law for Obamacare navigators "does not bar — or even require screening for — convicted felons, including individuals convicted of identity theft or fraud."

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Abbott defended school funding system and legislated aid cuts in keeping with his legal duties as attorney general

By W. Gardner Selby

December 18, 2013

Greg Abbott defended more than $5 billion in public school funding cuts in fighting hundreds of school districts in court.

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Polls showed Rick Perry or Ron Paul ahead of John Cornyn, but senator ran ahead of other tested challengers including Steve Stockman

By W. Gardner Selby

December 13, 2013

"In every poll," John Cornyn "always loses to any conservative the voters have heard about."

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UPDATED: Scientific consensus remains that the planet is warming

By W. Gardner Selby

December 13, 2013

"The Earth is not warming."

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UPDATED: Cornyn backed Wall Street bailout and law hiking taxes for many, but he’s opposed Obamacare and occasionally spurned increases in debt ceiling

By W. Gardner Selby

December 12, 2013

"John Cornyn has voted to increase the debt, raise taxes, bail out Wall Street banks and fund Obamacare."

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Dewhurst didn’t personally cut taxes–and some increased

By W. Gardner Selby

December 8, 2013

"I have cut taxes 63 times, including a 2006 property tax reduction that ranks as the largest in state history."

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Republicans won more House seats than more popular Democrats, though not entirely because of how districts were drawn

By W. Gardner Selby

November 26, 2013

"During the last election, Democrats won over a million votes more than Republicans, but because of the way districts are designed, the Republicans got 33…

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University of Texas student-athletes may borrow limited number of iPads, but all of them don’t automatically get them

By W. Gardner Selby

November 22, 2013

"All" University of Texas "student-athletes get an iPad."

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There were a few problems with voter ID law during early voting in Texas

By W. Gardner Selby

November 19, 2013

In "reality," there have "been no problems whatsoever" with the Texas voter ID law.

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UPDATED: During flood, Austin’s Onion Creek flowed up to 34 percent faster than Niagara Falls on average

By W. Gardner Selby

November 14, 2013

"Onion Creek’s highest flow rate" on a recent night of flooding "was 120,000 cubic feet per second, which is nearly double the average flow rate…

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