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RPOF chair Lenny Curry says Rick Scott cut state debt by $2 billion, Charlie Crist increased it by $5 billion

April 17, 2013

"Rick Scott has paid down our debt by about $2 billion. Charlie Crist’s debt went up about $5 billion."

MacIver Institute says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is more than halfway to goal of creating 250,000 private sector jobs

By James B. Nelson April 17, 2013

"Gov. Scott Walker (is) more than halfway to (his) 250,000 jobs goal."

Bexar County judge says uncompensated care provided by Texas hospitals drives up private insurance rates by $1,800

By W. Gardner Selby April 17, 2013

Says uncompensated health care costs absorbed by Texas hospitals are adding $1,800 a year to Texas private insurance rates.

Group takes on senator about corporate taxes

By Eric Stirgus April 17, 2013

"We Really Do Have the Highest Corporate Tax Rate in the World."

GOP Sen. Jeff Sessions says gun prosecutions have declined under Barack Obama

By Louis Jacobson April 16, 2013

Says President Barack Obama "has allowed, each year he's been here, the prosecutions of gun cases (for background check failures) to go down. ... They've…

Gun-rights group says bill would criminalize leaving gun at home with someone else for more than a week

By Becky Bowers April 16, 2013

Says a gun bill before the Senate would make it a federal felony to "leave town for more than seven days, and leave someone else…

Americans United for Life says 1,270 babies died after attempted abortions in 2010

April 16, 2013

"In 2010 alone, 1,270 infants were reported to have died following attempted abortions and notably that is only one year."

Mike Villarreal says 2011 Legislature imposed physical fitness tests on Texas school kids

By W. Gardner Selby April 16, 2013

Says Texas lawmakers in 2011 ordered school districts to test every student on their respiratory system and weight.

Bird group cries foul about feral cat bill

By Amy Sherman April 16, 2013

A proposed bill in the Florida Legislature "would authorize the public hoarding of cats by feral cat activists."

Gun-rights group says Senate bill proposes ‘universal registration of all firearms and their owners’

By Becky Bowers April 16, 2013

Says a gun bill before the Senate "is proposing the universal registration of all firearms and their owners."

Would a pack-a-day smoker save $1650 a year if they quit smoking?

By Ian K. Kullgren April 15, 2013

Says "a pack-a-day smoker who quits because of the tax increase will save about $1,650 a year."

Va. Society for Human Life says Obamacare allows tax funding for most abortions

By Sean Gorman April 15, 2013

Under Obamacare, Virginia taxpayers would have been "forced to pay for abortions" if the General Assembly had not recently intervened.  

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