Latest Fact-Checks By Richard Locker

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Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on October 18, 2012 in an article for Time magazine.:
Says Tennessee’s higher education funding model "is 100 percent outcomes-based" and "we are already seeing this model changing the way our postsecondary institutions do business."
True
By Richard Locker • November 11, 2012
John G. Morgan
John G. Morgan
stated on September 13, 2012 in Testimoney to the U.S. Senate Education Committee:
"Tennessee students now cover about 67 percent of the cost of their education at public universities, and some 60 percent at community colleges."
True
By Richard Locker • October 13, 2012
Stacey Campfield
Stacey Campfield
stated on September 11, 2012 in a post on his blog.:
Says that "you can’t destroy the guns purchased in a (gun) buyback program as the city (of Memphis) wants to do."
False
By Richard Locker • September 26, 2012
Scott DesJarlais
Scott DesJarlais
stated on September 2, 2012 in an interview with The Daily News Journal of Murfreesboro:
Defends his vote to push "retirement age to 70" by saying he is for "a process" that would not be fully implemented until "around the turn of the century."
Mostly False
By Richard Locker • September 17, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on August 28, 2012 in in a press release.:
Says a federal judge "sanctions Tennessee ‘birther’ lawyer … for bringing a frivolous lawsuit."
True
By Richard Locker • September 2, 2012
BillHislam.com
BillHislam.com
stated on August 27, 2012 in a Web posting:
Says that Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam "has made it clear by his repeated actions that he will pursue a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology as long as he is governor."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • August 27, 2012
Dolores Gresham
Dolores Gresham
stated on July 16, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:
"I didn’t try to push" a bill to reduce lottery scholarship proceeds for students.
False
By Richard Locker • August 12, 2012
Woody Degan
Woody Degan
stated on June 28, 2012 in in an interview with The Commercial Appeal.:
Gov. Bill Haslam is "making our Economic Development department Sharia compliant" by hiring a woman "who specializes in Sharia compliance. That’s what her job is."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • July 24, 2012
Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on May 18, 2012 in a newsletter.:
Claims credit for food tax reductions that "previous Democrat regimes refused to make."
Pants on Fire!
By Richard Locker • May 27, 2012
Dolores Gresham
Dolores Gresham
stated on February 29, 2012 in an interview with reporters following presentation of improved lottery revenues.:
"Right now we have sufficient reserves to take care of Tennessee's lottery scholarship students for a few years more."
False
By Richard Locker • March 29, 2012
Bill Haslam
Bill Haslam
stated on January 30, 2012 in his State of the State address.:
"In 2011, there were more than 28,000 new Tennessee jobs created and over $4 billion in capital investment. Our Jobs4TN plan is working."
Half-True
By Richard Locker • March 4, 2012
Ron Ramsey
Ron Ramsey
stated on January 27, 2012 in an email announcing redistricting maps.:
"This year’s redistricting has been the most open, interactive and transparent redistricting process in Tennessee history."
False
By Richard Locker • February 10, 2012
Tennessee Democratic Party
Tennessee Democratic Party
stated on November 15, 2011 in introduction to online petition to lower state's grocery taxes.:
"Tennessee’s grocery tax is one of the highest in the nation."
True
By Richard Locker • January 24, 2012