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Rick Scott says $36 million for disability waiting list a first in eight years

By Amy Sherman March 7, 2013

"For the first time in eight years, our budget also increases funding for persons with disabilities by $36 million to help more disabled people receive…

Jim Florio claims the number of guns in the U.S. is almost as big as the population

By Caryn Shinske March 7, 2013

"We have over 300,000,000 weapons, firearms in this country. That’s almost as big as the population."

State Rep. Linda Finn says Rhode Island keeps registry of campers but not guns

By Michael McKinney March 7, 2013

"Rhode Island could tell you who has a camper, but we couldn't figure out who has a gun."

Al Cardenas says of $60B Congress approved after Hurricane Sandy, ‘only 10 percent was for disaster relief’

By Becky Bowers March 6, 2013

Of $60 billion Congress approved in response to Hurricane Sandy, "only 10 percent was for disaster relief."

Would Oregon’s budget be dramatically smaller if pegged to population growth?

By Ian K. Kullgren March 6, 2013

Says if Oregon had limited its budget growth to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation, the state’s all-funds budget would be…

Garnet Coleman says Texas has the most uninsured residents of any state–6 million

By W. Gardner Selby March 6, 2013

Says Texas has the most uninsured people of any state -- 6 million.

Billboards question aid to Israel

By Eric Stirgus March 6, 2013

The United States gives $8 million a day to Israel and gives that country a blank check.

Rick Scott blames ‘legacy of taxing and borrowing’ for poor economy he inherited

By Louis Jacobson March 5, 2013

A "legacy of taxing and borrowing … crippled the economy we inherited two years ago."

Florida Democrats say Rick Scott cut more jobs than created in 2012

By Amy Sherman March 5, 2013

Says Gov. Rick Scott cut more government jobs than were created in the private sector in Florida in 2012.

Florida Democrats say Rick Scott says education is not a ‘core function’ of state government

By Amy Sherman March 5, 2013

Says Rick Scott called education not a "core function" of the state.

Was Chief Justice John Roberts right about voting rates in Massachusetts, Mississippi?

By Louis Jacobson March 5, 2013

"Do you know which state has the worst ratio of white voter turnout to African-American voter turnout? Massachusetts. Do you know what has the best,…

Rick Scott touts his education spending plan in third State of the State address

March 5, 2013

Says his proposed education spending "is the highest state funding level in Florida history."

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