Latest Fact Checks By W. Gardner Selby

Dan Patrick isn’t alone among candidates to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

By W. Gardner Selby

October 9, 2013

I am "the only candidate for lieutenant governor to oppose in-state tuition for illegal immigrants."

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Cruz claim about more Americans giving up job searches month after month not supported, though labor force participation on downslide

By W. Gardner Selby

October 8, 2013

"Every month, we get the reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that say even more people have given up looking for work."

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Six countries allow abortions after 20 weeks of gestation and many countries permit them under certain circumstances

By W. Gardner Selby

October 4, 2013

Only "four countries in the world… allow abortions after 20 weeks" of pregnancy.

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Nearly all Texans who vote by mail need not present a photo ID

By W. Gardner Selby

October 1, 2013

"Photo ID is not required for those who vote by mail."

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Dewhurst decreased, then increased Texas Senate Democrats chairing committees

By W. Gardner Selby

September 26, 2013

"I’ve been reducing the number of Democratic" Texas Senate committee "chairs since I came in" as lieutenant governor.

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1982 Supreme Court decision in Texas case said public schools must educate non-citizen children

By W. Gardner Selby

September 25, 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court decided in 1982 that non-citizen children must get free K-12 education.

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Texas governor’s ‘bad budgeting’ not to blame for announced plans to convert 83 miles of roads to gravel

By W. Gardner Selby

September 24, 2013

"Thanks to (Rick) Perry's bad budgeting, the (Texas) highway department has to convert some modern paved state roads back to gravel."

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Crossfire anchor undershoots on Texans comprising one in 10 of the nation’s minimum-wage workers

By W. Gardner Selby

September 20, 2013

"One out of 10 minimum-wage workers in the U.S. live in Texas."

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Perry claim about Texas workers makes assumption about wages paid to non-hourly workers

By W. Gardner Selby

September 20, 2013

"Ninety-five percent of all the wages in Texas are above minimum wage."

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Smitherman partly captures virtual guarantee to escape poverty, but theory also relies on economy being strong

By W. Gardner Selby

September 18, 2013

According to an article in the Economist magazine, Americans are "guaranteed" to live above the poverty line if they graduate from high school, keep their…

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Garden State Democrat compares Texas jobless rates for two months to deliver incomplete picture of joblessness on Rick Perry’s watch

By W. Gardner Selby

September 17, 2013

Unemployment in Texas has risen over two percentage points with Rick Perry as governor.

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Legislator’s claim overstates sought reduction in tests for elementary and middle school students

By W. Gardner Selby

September 12, 2013

Pending a federal waiver, the 2013 Legislature "eliminated the overtesting of students in grades 3-8 by decreasing the number of tests from 17 to 8."

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