Latest Fact-Checks By Chris Joyner

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Rob Woodall
Rob Woodall
stated on April 16, 2013 in a speech:
"Do you know those former Soviet Bloc countries have all moved to flat taxes?"
Half-True
By Chris Joyner • April 29, 2013
Georgia Green Party
Georgia Green Party
stated on July 2, 2012 in Georgia Green Party flier:
The transportation tax is regressive, and Emory University is "literally getting its own transit line at virtually no cost to itself."  
Half-True
By Chris Joyner • July 2, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on May 7, 2012 in a press release:
"Since the beginning of the economic downturn in FY 2008, the state workforce has been reduced by 12.4 percent as part of overall cost savings measures to balance the budget to reduce revenues."
Mostly False
By Chris Joyner • June 22, 2012
Brett Bittner
Brett Bittner
stated on May 2, 2012 in an interview:
Taxpayers subsidize 80 percent of each MARTA trip
Mostly False
By Chris Joyner • May 18, 2012
Charlie Flemming
Charlie Flemming
stated on May 11, 2012 in a speech:
Georgia crackdown on illegal immigration costs state farmers $400 million last year.
Mostly False
By Chris Joyner • May 11, 2012
Nathan Deal
Nathan Deal
stated on September 1, 2011 in an interview:
"[The state ethics commission] took absolutely the same percent of cuts as most other state agencies. … They were somewhere in the 7 percent range – same as the governor’s office."
True
By Chris Joyner • September 21, 2011
Chris McCalla
Chris McCalla
stated on August 1, 2011 in Press Release:
"An amazing 5,400 jobs were lost in the first 12 months of the (smoking) ban’s implementation in Ohio’s hospitality industry alone."
False
By Chris Joyner • September 19, 2011
La Raza
La Raza
stated on July 20, 2011 in newscast:
Medicaid is the primary source of health insurance for 41.7 percent of Hispanic children in Georgia.
True
By Chris Joyner • August 1, 2011
Mike Males
Mike Males
stated on June 13, 2011 in an article :
"There’s pretty much no question that [the curfew ordinances] aren’t effective in either reducing crime or preventing harm to young people."
Mostly True
By Chris Joyner • July 22, 2011